Hecataeus of Abdera
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Greek philosopher and historian
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hecataeus of Abdera or of Teos , was a Greek historian who flourished in the 4th century BC. Though none of his works survive, his writings are attested by later authors in various fragments, in particular his Aegyptica, a work on the society and culture of the Egyptians, and his On the Hyperboreans. He is one of the authors whose fragments were collected in Felix Jacoby's Fragmente der griechischen Historiker.
