Category: Arabia
Damastes’ story of an Athenian mission via an Arabian lake to Sousa
Posted in Arabia[Strabo:] Eratosthenes does not do well in this way: he cites too much from men who aren’t worth citing, sometimes reproaching them and sometimes believing them and proclaiming them to be witnesses, such as Damastes…
A scrap of scholarly commentary on Damastes, Hellanikos, Persia, Arabia and Issedones
Posted in Abaris, Arabia, Issedones[…] nation […] Persia […] went to meet […] to Arabia […] also in Damastes [name of book]. [… three undeciphered lines …]of the Arabians […] Hellanikos in Foundations [of Nations and Cities] says […]…