Category Archives: Homer (Greek)

Arabians and Aramaians: Poseidonios on relations between eastern peoples (first century BCE)

Barbarians and Greeks: Thucydides theorizes the shift from barbarian banditry to settled civilization (late fifth century BCE)

Egyptians: Aelian on Egyptian views and customs about animals and animal-worship (late second century CE)

Getians, Dacians, and Scythians: Strabo (early first century CE)

Indians: Aelian on Indian views and customs about animals (late second century CE)

Judean wisdom: Aristoboulos on Moses and the Judean god as source for Plato and Pythagoras (mid-second century BCE)

Libyans: Aelian on Libyan views and customs about animals (late second century CE)

Lycians, Pamphylians, and Cilicians: Strabo contrasts civilized and uncivilized peoples in southern Anatolia (early first century CE)

Lydians, Maionians, Arimians, and Solymians: Strabo on a variety of peoples in Lydia, Phrygia and Pisidia (early first century CE)

Mysians / Moesians: Poseidonios on their identification and customs based on Homer (first century BCE)

Mysians, Galatians, Pisidians, and others: Strabo on relations among Anatolian peoples (early first century CE)

Persians and peoples in their territory: Strabo on their customs and on bandit peoples (early first century CE)

Romans: Dionysios on Roman origins, Italic peoples, and legends of Greek and Pelasgian migrations to Italy (late first century BCE)

Scythians: Alexander Polyhistor on Iamians and just Abians (mid-first century BCE)

Trojans, Lelegians, and Kilikians: Homer and Strabo on legendary peoples and migrations of historical peoples in Anatolia (early first century CE)