Mnaseas of

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( grc, Μνασέας ὁ Πατρεύς) or of Patara, whether that in

Lycia Lycia (Lycian language, Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; el, Λυκία, ; tr, Likya) was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean ...

or perhaps the Patara in Cappadocia was a Greek historian of the late 3rd century BCE, who is reckoned to have been a pupil in Alexandria of Eratosthenes. His ''Periegesis'' or ''

Periplus A periplus (), or periplous, is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. In that sense, the periplus wa ...

'' described Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, but whether in six or eight books cannot now be determined. His ''On Oracles'' appears to have consisted of a catalogue of oracular responses with commentary. Only fragments of his work survive, some found in fragmentary papyri at Oxyrhynchus, others embedded as

scholia Scholia (singular scholium or scholion, from grc, σχόλιον, "comment, interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of th ...

or as quotations in other works, often selected, apparently, because of the unusual interpretations they offer. A modern edition of the fragments is P. Cappelletto, 2003. ''I frammenti di Mnasea: introduzione testo e commento''.

References

*Pietro Cappelletto (ed.), ''I frammenti di Mnasea: Introduzione testo e commento.'' (Milan: Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto) 2003.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
* Pietro Cappelletto, I frammenti di Mnasea: Introduzione testo e commento, LED Edizioni Universitarie, Milano, 2003, {{Authority control Ancient Greek writers 3rd-century BC Greek people