Agathosthenes

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Agathosthenes (Ἀγαθοσθένης) was a Greek historian or philosopher of uncertain date,[1] who is referred to by Tzetzes as his authority in matters connected with geography.[2] There is mention of a work of Agathosthenes called "Asiatica Carmina",[3] where some writers read the name "Aglaosthenes";[4] for Aglaosthenes or Aglosthenes, who is by some considered to be the same as Agathosthenes, wrote a work on the history of Naxos, of which nothing is extant, but which was much used by ancient writers.[5][6][7][8][9]

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  2. John Tzetzes, ad Lycophron 704, 1021. Chil. vii. 645
  3. Germanicus, in Arat. Phaen. 24
  4. Thomas Gale, Notae in Parthen. p. 125, &c.
  5. Hyginus, Poeticon astronomicon ii, 16
  6. Eratosthenes, Catasterismi ii. 27
  7. Pollux, ix. 83
  8. Athen. iii. p. 78
  9. Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia iv. 22