Herodorus ( grc, Ἡρόδωρος), also called Herodorus of Heraclea ( grc, Ἡρόδωρος ὁ Ἡρακλεώτης) was a native of
Heraclea Pontica and wrote a history on
Heracles around 400 BC.
[Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH]
"Herodorus."
Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2016. Plutarch references Herodorus several times in his account of
Theseus in ''
Parallel Lives
Plutarch's ''Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans'', commonly called ''Parallel Lives'' or ''Plutarch's Lives'', is a series of 48 biographies of famous men, arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings, probably writt ...
''. He should not be confused with
Herodotus.
Notes
References
*
Smith, William; ''
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', London (1873)
"Herodo'rus"
Ancient Greek mythographers
Ancient Greek historians known only from secondary sources
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