Acesander

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Acesander (Greek Ακέσανδρος) wrote a history of Cyrene.^[1][2] Plutarch speaks of a work of his respecting Libya (περί Λιβύης),^[3] which may possibly be the same work as the history of Cyrene. The time at which he lived is unknown.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ Schol. ad Apoll. iv. 1561, 1750
2. ^ Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. iv. init. 57
3. ^ Plutarch, Symp. v. 2. § 8
4. ^ Smith, William (1867), “Acesander”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, pp. 7 

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).