Dicaearchus of Messana (/ˌdɪkeɪˈɑːrkəs ...məˈsɑːnə/; Greek: ΔικαίαρχοςDikaiarkhos; c. 370/350 – c. post 323 BC), also written Dikaiarchos (/ˈdɪkaɪɑːrk/), was a Greek philosopher, geographer and author. Dicaearchus was a student of Aristotle in the Lyceum. Very little of his work remains extant. He wrote on geography and the history of Greece, of which his most important work was his Life of Greece. Although modern scholars often consider him a pioneer in the field of cartography, this is based on a misinterpretation of a reference in Cicero[1] to Dicaearchus' tabulae, which does not refer to any maps made by Dicaearchus but is a pun on account books and refers to Dicaearchus' Descent into the Sanctuary of Trophonius.[2] He also wrote books on ancient Greek poets, philosophy and politics.
Cicero to Dicaearchus' tabulae, which does not refer to any maps made by Dicaearchus but is a pun on account books and refers to Dicaearchus' Descent into...
Dicaearchus, Dicearchus, or Diceärch (Ancient Greek: Δικαίαρχος) (died 196 BC) was an Aetolian commander and pirate. In 205–204 BC, Dicaearchus was employed...
Theophrastus, Phanias of Eresus, Eudemus of Rhodes, Aristoxenus, and Dicaearchus. Much like Plato's Academy, there were in Aristotle's school junior and...
substituted Anacharsis for Myson. Diogenes Laërtius further states that Dicaearchus gave ten possible names, Hippobotus suggested twelve names, and Hermippus...
modern times. The Roman era writer Athenaeus says, based on the scholar Dicaearchus, who was Alexander's contemporary, that the king "was quite excessively...
into the Peripatetic school. Aristotle's students included Aristoxenus, Dicaearchus, Demetrius of Phalerum, Eudemos of Rhodes, Harpalus, Hephaestion, Mnason...
Some of it may be preserved in the Protrepticus. Aristotle's disciples Dicaearchus, Aristoxenus, and Heraclides Ponticus also wrote on the same subject...
Aristotle, Xenophon, Epictetus, Seneca, Plutarch, and Marcus Aurelius. Dicaearchus wrote that Plato wrestled at the Isthmian games. Many of Plato's dialogues...
Machatas of Elimeia, was the first or second wife of Philip II of Macedon. Dicaearchus ap. Aflien. xiii. p. 557, c. Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great:...
"Definition of ACADEMY". Merriam-Webster. Plutarch, Theseus 32: "But Dicaearchus says that Echedemus and Marathus of Arcadia were in the army of the Tyndaridae...
Classical Antiquity. Herodotus described the Scythians and Thraco-Illyrians. Dicaearchus gave a description of Greece itself, besides accounts of western and...
Thucydides identifies Carystus as Dryopian, but nearby Styria as Ionian. Dicaearchus gives the name of Dryopis to the country around Ambracia, from which...
at the Archaeological Museum in Epidaurus, Greece (approximate date). Dicaearchus, Greek philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and polymath...
Tanagra, and on their return defeated the Tanagraeans and Boeotians. Dicaearchus, who visited Tanagra in the time of Cassander, says that the city stood...
over the city to the Boeotians. It has been concluded from a passage of Dicaearchus that Oropus continued to belong to Thebes in the next century; but the...
King Min himself is later captured and executed by his own followers. Dicaearchus, Greek philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and author...
Demonax Cynic Dexippus fl. 350 Neoplatonic Diagoras of Melos Sophist Dicaearchus Peripatetic Dio of Alexandria fl. 1st century BC Academic skeptic Dio...
Peripatetic school Aristoxenus Clearchus of Soli Dicaearchus Eudemus of Rhodes Theophrastus Strato of Lampsacus Lyco of Troas Aristo of Ceos Critolaus...
Continuation of Sanchoniatho's History by Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus's Canon, which Dicaearchus Connects with the First Olympiad ... W.B. pp. 482–483. That the Philistines...
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