Mnaseas
Mnaseas of Patrae or of Patara, whether that in Lycia or perhaps the Patara in Cappadocia was a Greek historian of the late 3rd century BCE, who is reckoned to have been a pupil in Alexandria of Eratosthenes. His Periegesis or Periplus described Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, but whether in six or eight books cannot now be determined. His On Oracles appears to have consisted of a catalogue of oracular responses with commentary.
Mnaseas
- Born
- 300 · Patras.
- Died
- 200
- Occupation
- writer · historian · mythographer · periegetes
- Teachers
- Eratosthenes
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Mnaseas of Patrae or of Patara, whether that in Lycia or perhaps the Patara in Cappadocia was a Greek historian of the late 3rd century BCE, who is reckoned to have been a pupil in Alexandria of Eratosthenes. His Periegesis or Periplus described Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, but whether in six or eight books cannot now be determined. His On Oracles appears to have consisted of a catalogue of oracular responses with commentary.
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Only fragments of his work survive, some found in fragmentary papyri at Oxyrhynchus, others embedded as scholia or as quotations in other works, often selected, apparently, because of the unusual interpretations they offer. A modern edition of the fragments is P. I frammenti di Mnasea: introduzione testo e commento.
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200
Mnaseas died.
300
Mnaseas born at Patras.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1230889: Mnaseas
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- “Mnaseas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 102399719, Mnaseas, Medicus.
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Epitaph of Mnaseas (?), Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
Mnaseas [1], Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity
Epitaph of Mnaseas, 3rd cent
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 102399719, Mnaseas, Medicus.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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