About Staphylus of Naucratis
Staphylus of Naucratis was a historian, mythographer and geographer.
Staphylus of Naucratis was an ancient Greek historian, geographer and mythographer quoted by Strabo (x. p. 475), Pliny (H. N. v. 31), and Athenaeus (ii. p. 45, c.), as well as by the scholiasts. He wrote a work on Thessaly (Schol. ad Apoll Rhod. iv. 816; Harpocrat. s. v. penestae; Schol. ad Aristoph. Nub. 1064), on Aeolia, Attica (Harpocration. s.v epiboion pronaia ), and on Arcadia (Sext. Empir. adv. Math. 116).
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Who was Staphylus of Naucratis?
ancient Greek historian
When was Staphylus of Naucratis born?
Staphylus of Naucratis was born in Naucratis.
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Staphylus of Naucratis was a historian, mythographer and geographer.
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