Araithos of Tegea
Araithos von Tegea (also Ariaithos ) was an ancient Greek historian who, according to the German classical philologist Eduard Schwartz, was already in the 4th century BC. Could have lived.
Araithos wrote a local history of Arcadia , which is quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus as a source for a legends in the story of Aeneas . Araithos often followed Pherecydes , whom he sometimes corrected slightly. But he also recorded Orphic ; so he called the Aither as the father of Pan . There were also local Arcadian legends, for example about the nymph Oinoe , in his book, which was apparently subsequently regarded as the authoritative work for Arcadian antiquities. Like many other ancient writings, it has been lost except for a few fragments.
Edition of the fragments
- Felix Jacoby : The Fragments of the Greek Historians (FGrH), No. 316
literature
- Eduard Schwartz : Araithos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 374.
Remarks
- ↑ a b Eduard Schwartz: Araithos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 374.
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus , Antiquitates Romanae 1, 49, 2.
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| SURNAME | Araithos of Tegea |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ariaithos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 6th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 5th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |