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200: 416: 196:. He was one of the most prolific of early historians. His many works, though now lost, were very influential. He was cited by a number of other authors, who thereby preserved many fragments of his works, the most recent collection of which is by José J. Caerols Pérez, who includes a biography of Hellanicus. 242:
He transcended the narrow local limits of the older logographers, and was not content to merely repeat the traditions that had gained general acceptance through the poets. He tried to record the traditions as they were locally current, and availed himself of the few national or priestly registers
485:"The following papyrus, 1359, which Grenfell and Hunt identified as also from the Catalogue, is regarded by C. Robert as part of a separate epic, which he calls Atlantis'." Bell, H. Idris "Bibliography: Graeco-Roman Egypt A. Papyri (1915-1919)", 258:), and Oriental dates, in place of the old reckoning by generations. But his materials were insufficient and he often had to seek recourse to the older methods. 436: 296:(i. 97), who says that he treated the events of the years 480 BC to 431 BC briefly and superficially, and with little regard to chronological sequence. 682: 635: 703: 431: 748: 738: 617: 743: 733: 688: 673: 246:
He endeavoured to lay the foundations of a scientific chronology, based primarily on the list of the Argive priestesses of
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Some thirty works are attributed to him, chronological, historical and episodical. They include:
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Hellanicus authored works of chronology, geography, and history, particularly concerning
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L'Attike xyngraphe di Ellanico di Lesbo. Una Lokalgeschichte in prospettiva eccentrica
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Three short fragments of that work have been assembled by Robert Louis Fowler (2000),
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Transcription of Atlantis from P.Oxy 1084 (Catalogue of Paraliterary Papyri)
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in 490 BC and is reputed to have lived to the age of 85. According to the
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Storie di Atene, storia dei Greci. Studi e ricerche di attidografia
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A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece
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His work includes the first mention of the legendary founding of
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P.Oxy. 1359. See Carl Robert (1917): "Eine epische Atlantias",
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Transcription of Atlantis from P.Oxy 1084 (Wikimedia Commons)
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who flourished during the latter half of the 5th century BC.
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Doctoral thesis approved by Carl Robert at Halle University
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that presented something like contemporary registration.
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musical festival), including notices of literary events.
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Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued
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Landucci (a cura di), 610:L'opera storiografica di Ellanico di Lesbo 502:, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Jul., 1917), pp. 477-79. 489:, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr., 1920), pp. 119-146. 29: 695:, with English translation and commentary 683:Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 360:; he writes that the city was founded by 593:Hellanikos, Herodot, Thukydides, in Klio 409: 407: 405: 403: 401: 397: 7: 487:The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 332:), about the daughter of the Titan 25: 547:Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum 414: 292:(404 BC), which is mentioned by 266:The Priestesses of Hera at Argon 27:5th century BC Greek logographer 661:Hellanicea: de Atlantide (1913) 630:, Milano 2010, pp. 53–111 322:: histories of Troy and Persia. 650:Paradoxography and Antiquities 388:, who cites him as a source. 376:lay behind the origins of the 288:from 683 BC to the end of the 1: 565:De Hellanico Lesbio historico 344:, a fragment of which may be 188:on the plateau of Kozak near 144: 140: 68: 64: 43: 749:5th-century BC Greek people 642:Hellanikos of Lesbos (1782) 765: 543:Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller 386:Dionysius of Halicarnassus 131: 113: 739:5th-century BC historians 211:1084, early 2nd century). 137:Hellánikos ho Mutilēnaîos 605:(1909), pp. 27 sqq. 603:Ancient Greek Historians 380:. The latter idea, from 284:, giving the history of 147:405 BC), was an ancient 744:Ancient Italian history 654:Online version at Brill 640:G. Ottone - A. Filoni, 474:Early Greek Mythography 437:Encyclopædia Britannica 368:on his travels through 227:. His influence on the 162:Hellanicus was born in 132:Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος 734:Early Greek historians 212: 123:Hellanicus of Mytilene 18:Hellanicus of Mytilene 591:C. F. Lehmann-Haupt, 308:, primordial king in 202: 119:Hellánikos ho Lésbios 659:A. von Blumenthal, 595:vi. (1906), 127 sqq. 515:(1991), fragment 84. 729:Ancient Mytileneans 528:(1991), fragment 4. 209:Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 114:Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Λέσβιος 77:, Achaemenid Empire 693:Brill's New Jacoby 526:Helanico de Lesbos 513:Helanico de Lesbos 461:Helanico de Lesbos 364:when accompanying 239:(3rd century BC). 213: 636:978-88-343-1950-5 524:José J. Caerols, 511:José J. Caerols, 459:José J. 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Bury 450:Suda ε 739 432:Hellanicus 392:References 374:Pelasgians 294:Thucydides 101:Hellanikos 97:Hellanicus 34:Hellanicus 549:, Volume 378:Etruscans 330:Atlantias 306:Phoroneus 182:Perperene 158:Biography 105:of Lesbos 75:Perperene 382:Phoronis 366:Odysseus 342:Atlantis 326:Atlantis 301:Phoronis 205:Atlantis 190:Pergamon 164:Mytilene 89:Phoronis 50:Mytilene 557:(1841). 463:(1991). 425::  358:Trojans 356:by the 340:called 320:Persica 276:Spartan 252:archons 225:history 178:Macedon 634:  616:  567:(1840) 500:Hermes 419:  370:Latium 362:Aeneas 316:Troica 286:Attica 282:Atthis 256:Athens 233:Athens 217:Attica 194:Lesbos 186:Aeolis 168:Lesbos 143:490 – 46:490 BC 644:, in 334:Atlas 149:Greek 127:Greek 109:Greek 632:ISBN 614:ISBN 354:Rome 328:(or 318:and 248:Hera 223:and 173:Suda 99:(or 61:Died 40:Born 691:in 680:'s 676:in 434:". 254:at 231:of 71:85) 715:: 601:, 573:, 563:, 555:IV 545:, 400:^ 145:c. 141:c. 139:; 135:, 129:: 117:, 111:: 103:) 69:c. 65:c. 52:, 44:c. 656:. 581:. 551:I 312:. 125:( 107:( 20:)

Index

Hellanicus of Mytilene
Mytilene
Achaemenid Empire
Perperene
Phoronis
Greek
Greek
Greek
logographer
Mytilene
Lesbos
Suda
Macedon
Perperene
Aeolis
Pergamon
Lesbos

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus
Attica
Greek mythology
history
historiography
Athens
Eratosthenes
Hera
archons
Athens
Spartan
Attica

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