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Headword:
Δαμάστης
Adler number: delta,41
Translated headword: Damastes
Vetting Status: low
Translation: A Sigean, from
Sigeion in the Troad, son of Dioxippos, born before the Peloponnesian War, contemporary of
Herodotus, among the wealthiest of men, historian. He wrote
On Events in Greece[1],
On the Children and Ancestors of those who took part in the Expedition to Troy[2], two books,
Gazetteer of Peoples and Cities,
On Poets and Men Noted for their Wisdom; and much else. He was a pupil of Hellanikos.[3]
Δαμάστης, Σιγειεύς, ἀπὸ Σιγείου τῆς Τρωάδος, Διωξίππου υἱός, γεγονὼς πρὸ τῶν Πελοποννησιακῶν, σύγχρονος Ἡροδότῳ, τῶν πλουσιωτάτων, ἱστορικός. γέγραφε Περὶ τῶν ἐν Ἑλλάδι γενομένων, Περὶ γονέων καὶ προγόνων τῶν εἰς Ἴλιον στρατευσαμένων βιβλία β#, Ἐθνῶν κατάλογον καὶ πόλεων, Περὶ ποιητῶν καὶ σοφιστῶν: καὶ ἄλλα συχνά. γέγονε δὲ Ἑλλανίκου μαθητής.
Notes:
C5 BCE.
[1] Schwartz (col.2051) believed that it was to this work that
Speusippus referred in a letter to Philip of Macedon written c.342 BCE, in which he named Damastes along with
Herodotus as authorities on the Persian Wars. Epist. Socrat. 30.4 (Orelli; Hercher) = 28.4 (Kohler).
[2] According to
pi 2170 this work was also attributed to the sophist
Polus of Acragas, a contemporary of Damastes.
[3] For whom see
epsilon 739.
The testimonia and fragments of Damastes are collected in F. Jacoby, FGrH No.5.
Schwartz, E. Damastes(3) in RE iv.2, cols.2050-2051.
OCD(3) p.427 (by Klaus Meister).
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; historiography; history
Translated by: Tony Natoli on 24 October 1999@01:25:58.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (augmented notes and bibliography; added keyword; cosmetics) on 25 March 2001@08:38:28.
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