Athanas of Syracuse explained

Athanas (grc|Ἀθάνας, 4th century BCE) of Syracuse was a historical writer who wrote a work on Sicily and Dion of Syracuse that continued the history of Philistus, and was quoted respectfully by the historians Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

He is probably the same as the writer named "Athanis" mentioned by the grammarian Athenaeus who also wrote a work on Sicily.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. [Plutarch]
2. [Diodorus Siculus]
3. Book: Mure , William . William Mure (scholar)

   . William Mure (scholar) . A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece . Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans . 5 . 1850 . 545 . English . 2024-08-28.

4. Book: Clarke , Katherine . Making Time for the Past: Local History and the Polis . . 2008 . 137 . English . 9780191537530 . 2024-08-28.
5. Book: Siculus , Diodorus . Diodorus Siculus

   . Diodorus Siculus . Waterfield . Robin . The Library, Books 16-20: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Successors . . 2019 . 538 . English . 9780191078064 . 2024-08-28.

6. [Athenaeus]
7. Franz Göller, De situ et origine Syracusarum ad explicandam Thucydidis potissimum historiam scripsit atque Philisti et Timaei rerum Sicularum fragmenta adjecit, p. 16