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ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, ETC. 
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Timosthenes,' Patrocles,^ Demodamas/ Clitarchus,^^ 
Eratosthenes,^^ Alexander the Great/^ Ephorus,^^ Hip- 
parchus/'* Panaetius,^^ Callimachus/^ Artemidorus/"'' Apol- 
lodorus/^ Agathocles,^^ Polybius,^^ Eumachus,^^ Ti- 
maeus Siculus,^^ Alexander Polyhistor,^^ Isidorus,^* Amome- 
tus,^^ Metrodorus,^^ Posidonius,^' Onesicritus,^^ ISTearchus,^^ 
Megasthenes,^^ Diognetus,^^ Aristocreon,^^ Bion,^^ Dalion,^* 
^ See end of B. iv. 
^ He commanded the fleets of Ptolemy Philadelphiis, and of Seleucus Ni- 
cator, by whose orders he paid a visit to the coasts of India. Strabo speaks 
of his account of India as the best guide to the geography of that country. 
^ A native of Miletus — see the tenth Chapter of this Book. He appears 
to have written a geographical work on Asia, from which Pliny derived 
considerable assistance. 
1^ Son of Deinon, the historian ; he accompanied Alexander in his 
Asiatic expedition, and wrote a history of it. Quintus Curtius censures 
him for his inaccuracy. Cicero, Quintilian, and Longinus, also speak in 
slighting terms of his performance. 
1^ See end of B. ii. ' 
12 He alludes to the letters of that monarch, and the journals which 
were kept on the occasion of his expeditions. In the middle ages several 
forged works were current under his name. 
1^ See end of B. iv. See end of B. ii. 
15 See end of B. v. i^ See end of B. iv. 
See end of B. ii. i^ See end of B. iv. 
19 See end of B. iv. 20 end of B. iv. 
21 See end of B. iv. 22 gg^ end of B. iv. 
23 See end of B. iii. 24 gee end of B. ii. 
25 A Greek writer of uncertain date, who wrote, as Pliny tells us, (c, 20 of 
the present Book), a work on the people called Attaci, or Attacori. He also 
wrote another, describing a voyage, commenced at Memphis in Egypt. 
26 See end of B. iii. 27 g^e end of B. ii. 
28 See end of B. ii. 
29 The admiral of Alexander, who sailed down the river Indus, and up 
the Persian Gulf. It is not known when or where he died. After the 
death of Alexander, he supported the cause of Antigonus. He left a 
history or journal of his famous voyage. 
30 See end of B. v. 
31 Mentioned by Pliny in c. 21. He measured the distances of the 
marches of Alexander the Great, and wrote a book on the subject. 
32 See end of B. v. 
33 A native of Soli. He is mentioned by Diogenes Laertius, as the author 
of a work on Ethiopia, of which some few fragments are preserved. Varro 
and Pliny mention him, also, as a writer on agriculture. 
3* A writer on geography and botany, again mentioned by Pliny in B. xx, 
c. 73. He is supposed to have lived in the first century after Christ. See 
also c. 35. 
