Hecataeus (Ἑκαταῖος) is a Greek name shared by several historical figures:
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Hecataeus of Miletus (born c. 550 BC), historian
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Hecataeus of the Sindi
Hecataeus ( grc, Ἑκαταίος, Hekataios) was the king of the Ancient Circassians ( Sindians) throughout the reigns of both Satyrus I and Leucon I of the Bosporan Kingdom.
He was married to Tirgatao, a powerful Maeotian princess from the ...
(r. ca. 390-379), king of the
Sindi people
The Sindi ( grc, Σινδοι, Sindoi; la, Sindi) were an ancient Scythian people who primarily lived in western Ciscaucasia. A portion of the Sindi also lived in Central Europe. Their name is variously written, and Pomponius Mela calls them Si ...
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Hecataeus of Cardia (
fl. 323 BC), tyrant of the city of
Cardia
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Hecataeus of Abdera :''See Hecataeus of Miletus for the earlier historian.''
Hecataeus of Abdera or of Teos ( el, Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης), was a Greek historian and Pyrrhonist philosopher who flourished in the 4th century BC.
Life
Diogenes La ...
(born c. 300 BC), philosopher and historian
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Hecataeus of Eretria (born c. 300 BC), historian
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Hecataeus of Mytilene (born c. 100 BC), sculptor
See also
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Hecataeus (crater), a large lunar impact crater near the eastern limb of the Moon
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