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and other earlier writers. In his work, he gives a short account of the various forms assigned to the Earth by previous
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in 328 AD, as he only refers to the city as Byzantium. From his speaking of
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period published a small two-part geographical work titled
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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Agathemerus's work consists chiefly of extracts from
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For the ancient Greek physician with this name, see
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Claudius Agathemerus
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Artemidorus Ephesius
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