Marsyas of

Philippi Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...

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: Μαρσύας, Κριτοφήμου, Φιλιππεύς; 3rd century BC) was a

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ...

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historian and the son of Critophemus. He was often called Marsyas the Younger ( grc-gre, Μαρσύας ὁ Νεώτερος) to distinguish him from

Marsyas of Pella Marsyas of Pella ( grc, Μαρσύας Περιάνδρου Πελλαῖος; c. 356 BC – c. 294 BC), son of Periander, was a Greek historian. According to the Suda Encyclopedia, he was a brother of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who was afterwards ...

, with whom he has frequently been confounded. The earliest writers by whom he is cited is Plinius and

Athenaeus Athenaeus of Naucratis (; grc, Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, ''Athēnaios Naukratitēs'' or ''Naukratios''; la, Athenaeus Naucratita) was a Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of th ...

. The latter tells us that he also served as a priest of

Heracles Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive ...

. His works were ''Μακεδονικά'' On Macedonia (6 books), ''Αρχαιολογία'' Archaeology (On Attica?) (12 books) and ''Μυθικά'' On Myths (7 books).

References

*FGrHist 135/6 (Fragments).
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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William Smith (lexicographer) Sir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools. Early life Smith was born in Enfield in 1813 to Nonconformist parents. He attended ...

Atthis: The Local Chronicles of Ancient Athens by Felix Jacoby
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