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HYPSICRATES OF AMISUS° — (in Pontos; first century B.C.E.), historian. He is often cited by strabo and is probably his source for Bosphoran affairs. Hypsicrates works seem to have dealt with the history and ethnography of the Near East and Africa and touched on Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hyspicrates (historian) — Hyspicrates the historian was a Greek writer in Rome who flourished in the first century BC. His work does not survive, but scholars have conjectures about the writer and his work. He was associated probably with Pontus and wrote a history of the … Wikipedia
List of ancient Greeks — This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. compactTOCRelated articles NOTOC A*Acacius of Caesarea bishop of Caesarea… … Wikipedia
Hypsicratea — or Hipsicratea, Queen of Pontus, ruled a confederacy of states with King Mithridates. The concubine or the sixth and the most famous wife of King Mithridates, she loved her husband so much that she donned a male disguise, learned warrior skills,… … Wikipedia
Metrodorus of Scepsis — For other people of the same name, see Metrodorus. Metrodorus of Scepsis (c. 145 BCE – 70 BCE), from the town of Scepsis in ancient Mysia, was a friend of Mithridates VI of Pontus and celebrated in antiquity for the excellence of his memory. He… … Wikipedia
LAETUS° — (La itos), dating probably from the Hellenistic period. According to the second century Christian apologist, Tatian, Laetus translated into Greek the historical works of three Phoenician historians: Theodotus, Hypsicrates, and Mochus, who… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
STRABO° — (first century C.E.), Greek historian and geographer. Born in Pontus, he traveled widely, and received the conventional education of his day. He wrote a comprehensive history in 47 books. Of this work only a few extracts have been preserved, most … Encyclopedia of Judaism
