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About Hecataeus

Hecataeus of Miletus was an early prose writer. He lived around 500 B.C. His Travels included geographical, historical, ethnographical, and biographical material. His works provided a model for the later histories of Herodotus.


Source:

Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Cliffs Notes on Greek Classics, New York: Wiley Publishing Inc., 1998.

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