{"id":18252,"date":"2024-02-20T18:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/?p=18252"},"modified":"2024-05-26T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T13:27:10","slug":"guide-to-alexander-polyhistor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/02\/guide-to-alexander-polyhistor\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Alexander Polyhistor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a guide to ethnographic passages from Alexander Polyhistor&#8217;s (early to mid-first century BCE) works on this website, as well as a separate outline of noteworthy passages from his ethnographic works generally.\u00a0 All fragments or citations of his works (F#) are from <em>FGrHist<\/em> 273 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/fgrhist-die-fragmente-der-griechischen-historiker-vols-1-8\">link<\/a> to <em>FGrHist).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>On this website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>On the Euxine Sea \/\u00a0 On the Sea <\/em>(F14-16, 134, 138, 139)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abians and Iamians among Scythians \u2013 F14-15 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/02\/scythian-justice-alexander-polyhistor-on-the-just-abians-mid-first-century-bce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Indian Matters <\/em>(F18, 118, 136, 141)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indian wisdom among Brahmans and naked sages \u2013 F18 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2023\/05\/indian-wisdom-alexander-polyhistor-clement-of-alexandria-vii-on-the-brahmans-late-second-century-ce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Judeans <\/em>(F19a-b, 102, 117, 121)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judean wisdom of Abraham and Moses, citing Eupolemos \u2013 F19a (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2022\/06\/judean-perspectives-eupolemos-first-century-bce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Polyhistor citing Kleodemos on the descendants of Keturah \u2013 F102 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2023\/05\/libyans-assyrians-and-arabians-kleodemos-cleodemus-and-josephos-on-abraham-and-keturahs-descendants-and-their-many-colonies\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Phrygia<\/em> (F73-78, 114, 126-127)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phrygians and the legendary Marsyas, as preserved by pseudo-Plutarch \u2013 F76 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2023\/02\/phrygians-alexander-polyhistor-hermogenes-and-others-on-phrygian-matters-first-century-bce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Chaldean Matters <\/em>(F79a-81b)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Babylonian perspectives via Bel-re\u2019ushu \/ Berossos on the origins of civilization \u2013 F79a (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2023\/02\/babylonian-perspectives-bel-reushu-berossos-on-the-origins-of-civilization-late-fourth-century-bce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Assyrians, Medians, Persians, and Macedonians as a succession of empires, as cited by Agathias Scholastikos, <em>History\u00a0<\/em>2.25-26 \u2013 F81a (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/05\/assyrians-medes-persians-macedonians-and-parthians-polyhistor-bion-and-agathias-on-a-succession-of-empires-mid-first-century-bce-on\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Pythagorean Symbols <\/em>(F94)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pythagoras as a student of Zarathustra the &#8220;Assyrian,&#8221; of Galatians and of Indian Brahmans, via citation by Clement of Alexandria (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2023\/05\/indian-wisdom-alexander-polyhistor-clement-of-alexandria-vii-on-the-brahmans-late-second-century-ce\/\">link<\/a>) and by Cyril (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/02\/celtic-indian-and-assyrian-wisdom-polyhistor-on-pythagoras-education-by-wise-barbarians-first-century-bce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unknown work mentioning Ethiopians <em>(<\/em>F130)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Memnonians among Ethiopians as wild (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/02\/ethiopians-alexander-polyhistor-on-memnonians-as-wild-and-war-like-mid-first-century-bce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not on this website but noteworthy for his ethnographic works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>On Egyptian Matters <\/em>(F1-11)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Numerous brief citations regarding locales in Egypt, mainly preserved by Stephanos of Byzantion in <em>Ethnika<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Bithynia <\/em>(F12-13, 125)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two brief citations on locales in Phrygia and Bithynia preserved by the <em>Etymologicum Magnum <\/em>and by Stephanos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On the Euxine Sea \/\u00a0 On the Sea <\/em>(F14-16, 134, 138, 139)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief citation by Stephanos of Byzantion <em>(Ethnika)<\/em> about Hagion as a place in Scythia where Asklepios is honoured \u2013 F112<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Illyrian Matters <\/em>(F17a-b)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two brief references to the work itself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Indian Matters <\/em>(F18, 118, 136, 141)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief citation of Polyhistor by Stephanos on Gedrosia, towards India \u2013 F118<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On the Judeans <\/em>(F19a-b, 102, 117, 121)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief citation of Polyhistor by Clement of Alexandria<em>, Tapestries<\/em> 1.130, regarding Solomon&#8217;s hiring of Egyptians to build the temple \u2013 F19b<\/li>\n<li>Brief citation by Stephanos on Gazatians in Gaza \u2013 F 117<\/li>\n<li>Brief citation by Stephanos to the effect that name of Judea &#8220;comes from the children of Semiramis, Judah and Idumaia&#8221; \u2013 F 121<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Italian Matters <\/em>(F20)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief citation of Polyhistor by pseudo-Plutarch, <em>Minor Parallels<\/em> 40b, 315ef<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Carian Matters (<\/em>F21-28, 113)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Various brief citations on locales in Caria, as preserved by Stephanos (<em>Ethnika<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Cilicia<\/em> (F29, 123, 132, 135, 140)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief citation on the city Aphrodisias, as preserved by Stephanos (<em>Ethnika<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Cretan Matters <\/em>(F30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"head\"><span class=\"w\">Brief citation regarding gods and Crete, as preserved in a <\/span><span class=\"w\">Scholion<\/span> <span class=\"w\">on<\/span> <span class=\"w\">Apollonios of <\/span><span class=\"w\">Rhodes<\/span><em> <span class=\"w\">Argonautika<\/span><\/em> <span class=\"w\">4<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"w\">1490-1494<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On Cyprus<\/em> (F31, 144)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief citation about the <span class=\"w\">Chutrians<\/span> on Cyprus, as preserved by Stephanos (<em>Ethnika<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Libyan Matters (<\/em>F32-47, 115, 120, 124, 142)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Numerous brief citations regarding locales in Libya, mainly preserved by Stephanos (<em>Ethnika<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"w\">Work mentioned by Photios<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <em>Library<\/em> 1<span class=\"w\">88<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"w\">145<\/span> <span class=\"w\">b<\/span> <span class=\"w\">9<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a guide to ethnographic passages from Alexander Polyhistor&#8217;s (early to mid-first century BCE) works on this website, as well as a separate outline of noteworthy passages from his ethnographic works generally.\u00a0 All fragments or citations of his works (F#) are from FGrHist 273 (link to FGrHist). On this website: On the Euxine Sea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[388,122,296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-11-guides-ethnographic-passages-ancient-author","category-alexander-polyhistor-greek","category-ethnicity-ancient-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18252"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21011,"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252\/revisions\/21011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}