Ister of Cyrene
Istros the Callimachean was a Greek writer, probably from Paphos. He was a pupil of Callimachus, and active in the Library of Alexandria. Seventy-seven fragments of his writings remain, mostly from his four-volume Attica, which discussed the cult, religion, and institutions of Attica in its mythical past, based largely on Atthides.
Also recorded as Istros the Callimachean · Istrus of Cyrene
Ister of Cyrene
- Born
- 250 · Paphos.
- Occupation
- writer · historian · librarian
- Teachers
- Callimachus
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Istros the Callimachean was a Greek writer, probably from Paphos. He was a pupil of Callimachus, and active in the Library of Alexandria. Seventy-seven fragments of his writings remain, mostly from his four-volume Attica, which discussed the cult, religion, and institutions of Attica in its mythical past, based largely on Atthides.
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According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, he wrote both prose and verse.
Istros' works exist only in fragments (FGrHist 334). Among his attested works are: • Attika (Ἀττικά) • Atakta (Ἄτακτα) • Attikai lexeis (Ἀττικαὶ λέξεις) • Argolika (Ἀργολικά) • Eliaka (Ἠλιακά) • The colonies of the Egyptians (Αἰγυπτίων ἀποικίαι) • On the city of Ptolemais (Περὶ Πτολεμαΐδος) • Collection of Cretan feasts (Συναγωγὴ τῶν Κρητικῶν θυσιῶν) • On the struggles of Helios (Περὶ τῶν Ἡλίου ἀγώνων) • The manifestations of Apollo (Ἀπόλλωνος ἐπιφάνειαι) • The manifestations of Hercules (Ἡρακλέους ἐπιφάνειαι) • On the lyric poets (Περὶ μελοποιῶν) • Symmikta (Σύμμικτα), "Miscellany" • Hypomnemata (Ὑπομνήματα), "Commentary" • Replies to Timeus (Πρὸς Τίμαιον ἀντιγραφαί)
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• demo.fragmentarytexts.org - Istros • The Digital Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum (DFHG) • The Digital Athenaeus
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250
Ister of Cyrene born at Paphos.
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- “Istros the Callimachean”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.BNJ, Biographical Essay 334.
- 2.Harding, Phillip Edward HardingPhillip Edward. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2012-12-20. 978-0-19-954556-8.
- 3.Suda On Line, ι 706
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