Agatharchides
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Agatharchides or Agatharchus ( or , Agatharchos) of Cnidus was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC).
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Agatharchides or Agatharchus ( or , Agatharchos) of Cnidus was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC).
==Life== Agatharchides is believed to have been born at Cnidus, hence his appellation. As Stanley M. Burstein notes, the "evidence for Agatharchides' life is meagre." Photius describes him as a threptos, a kind of assistant of servile origin, to Cinnaeus and states that he was later a secretary to Heraclides Lembus. Cinnaeus served as a counselor to Ptolemy VI; Heraclides is best known for negotiating the treaty that ended Antiochus IV's invasion of Egypt in 169 BC.
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