PLINY'S NATURAL HISTOKT. [BookXVIIl. 



," Zenon," Euctemon, 95 Harpalus, 96 Hecatasus* 

 der Sosigenes, 9 ' Hipparchus,' Aratus,' Zoroaster,' 



Archibius. 4 



A famous astronomer, a native of Chios. He is sa.d to have claimed 



!ttZy&~* famous philosophers of 



rM^ 



Hecateusof MUetus, see B. iv. For Hecatens ot Abderu, 

 9^ See end ot B. iv. 



else Tarsus, in Ci the author o f 



two Greek astronomical poems which have come down to us. He fl 



r ^No a S B can 2 b 7 e S aidof him with any degree of historical certainty 

 BythePerstanshewas called Zerdusht, and wa. sa,d to have been the 

 Sunder of the Magian religion. There were several works m 6we 

 beariug his name, but which, no doubt, were forgeries of a later age than 



^SSKSSSSJS of this Book, as writinp letter to AnUo- 

 chus, king of Syria ; but nothing further seems to be known ot 



