Hecataeus of Miletus
Also known as Hecatæus of Miletus
Greek historian and geographer (c.550–c.476 BC)
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Hecataeus of Miletus was an ancient Greek historian and geographer who lived around 550 to 476 BC and is considered one of the earliest writers to systematically describe the known world and its peoples. He matters because his works helped establish geography and historical inquiry as serious disciplines in ancient Greece, influencing how later Greeks understood and documented the world around them.
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- Fragmenta historicorum Graecorum Hecataei,Charonis... Apollodori Bibliotheca cum fragmentis
- I quattro grandi milesi
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- Hecataei Milesii fragmenta
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Hecataeus of Miletus (/ˌhɛkəˈtiːəs/; Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 550 – c. 476 BC), son of Hegesander, was an early Greek historian and geographer.
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