Acesander

Acesander (Greek Ακέσανδρος) wrote a history of Cyrene.[1][2] Plutarch speaks of a work of his respecting Libya (περί Λιβύης),[3] which may possibly be the same work as the history of Cyrene. The time at which he lived is unknown.[4]

References

  1. Schol. ad Apoll. iv. 1561, 1750
  2. Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. iv. init. 57
  3. Plutarch, Symp. v. 2. § 8
  4. Smith, William (1867), "Acesander", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, p. 7

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