Heracleides of Cyme explained
Heracleides (or Heraclides) of Cyme (grc|Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Κυμαῖος; fl. 350 B.C.) is a little-attested Greek historian who wrote a multivolume Persica, or history of Persia, not extant.[1] Fragments from the Persica are preserved primarily by Athenaeus and it describes the customs of the Persian court. Heracleides was himself a subject of Persia under the Achaemenid Empire.[2]
Further reading
- For discussion of passages from the Persica, see Pierre Bryant, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire, translated by Peter Daniels (EIsenbrauns, 2002), limited preview online; search "Heraclides of Cyme"
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Notes and References
- Albin Lesky, A History of Greek Literature, translated by Cornelis de Heer and James Willis (Hackett, 1966), p. 628 online.
- [George Cawkwell]
