Conon (mythographer)
Conon (
Archelaus Philopator, king of Cappadocia
. It was a collection of fifty narratives relating to the mythical and heroic period, and especially the foundation of colonies.
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Nicolaus Damascenus borrowed much from him.[3] There are separate editions of this abstract by Gale,[4] by Teucher,[5] and Kanne.[6]
Dion Chrysostom[7]
mentions a rhetorician of this name, who may possibly be identical.
Notes
Sources
- Conon, Fifty Narrations English translation by Brady Kiesling
- Text in Greek and translation to French by Abbé GEDOYN
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "CONON". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.