Myron of Priene

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Myron of Priene was the author of an historical account of the first Messenian war, from the taking of Ampheia to the death of Aristodemus. His date cannot be ascertained accurately, but he belongs in all probability to the Alexandrine period, not earlier than the 3rd century BCE According to Pausanias he was an author on whose accuracy very little reliance could be placed. For example, both Diodorus and Myron placed Aristomenes in the first MesĀ­senian war, which is not universally accepted as accurate.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).