Menander of Ephesus

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Menander of Ephesus was an ancient Greek historian who wrote about 200 BC. Should have lived.

Little is known about his person, but he is said to have been a student of Eratosthenes . Menander is considered to be the author of a universal Greek chronicle, of which only fragments have survived ( The Fragments of the Greek Historians , No. 783). Flavius ​​Josephus quotes in his work Contra Apionem from Menander's work ( Contra Apionem I 116ff.), Which apparently served him as a source, perhaps mediated via an intermediate source, for the Tyrian king list . According to other fragments (Josephus also mentions him in his Jewish antiquities ) Menander apparently was able to rely on good sources and collected valuable material relating to Phoenician history.

literature

  • John MG Barclay: Flavius ​​Josephus. Against Apion. Translation and Commentary. Brill, Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 72ff. [detailed comment]
  • Otto Lendle : Introduction to Greek historiography. From Hekataios to Zosimos. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1992, pp. 202–205.
personal data
SURNAME Menander of Ephesus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Menander Ephesius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Greek historian
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.