Dicaearchus, approximately 375 B.C.-
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- A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1867:p. 1001 (Dichaerchus; Δικαίαρχος; Peripatetic philosopher, geographer, and historian; born in Messana in Sicily)
- Britannica Academic, viewed on Dec. 18, 2018:under Dicaearchus (flourished ca. 320 B.C.; Greek Peripatetic philosopher of Messina, Sicily; author of Bios Hellados ("Life of Greece"), a history of Greek civilization)
- Dicaearchus of Messana, c. 2001.
- Zarysy pyrrońskie, 2019:p. 391 (Dikajarchos z Messany)
- Dikaiarchou tou Messēniou Anagraphē kai Bios Hellados, 1819.
- LCCS: PA3965.D13(Dicaearchus Messenius, 4th cent. B.C.)
- Lexikon der alten Welt, 1965(Dikaiarchos von Messene (Sizilien), prob. b. before 340 B.C.)
- Der neue Pauly, 1996(Dikaiarchos von Messene in Sizilien, student of Aristotle, b. ca. 375 B.C.?)
- Megalē hellēnikē enkyk.(Dikaiarchos)
- BM cat.(Dicaearchus, Messenius)
- Oxf. classical dict., 1996(Dicaearchus, of Messana, Greek polymath and prolific writer, pupil of Aristotle, fl. ca. 320-300 B.C.)
Wikipedia description:
Dicaearchus of Messana (; Ancient Greek: Δικαίαρχος Dikaiarkhos; c. 370/350 – c. post 323 BC), also written Dikaiarchos (), was a Greek philosopher, geographer and author. Dicaearchus was a student of Aristotle in the Lyceum. Very little of his work remains extant. He wrote on geography and the history of Greece, of which his most important work was his Life of Greece. Although modern scholars often consider him a pioneer in the field of cartography, this is based on a misinterpretation of a reference in Cicero to Dicaearchus's tabulae, which does not refer to any maps made by Dicaearchus but is a pun on account books and refers to Dicaearchus's Descent into the Sanctuary of Trophonius. He also wrote books on ancient Greek poets, philosophy and politics.
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