Istros the Callimachean


Istros the Callimachean was a Greek writer, probably from Paphos. He was a pupil of Callimachus, and active in the Library of Alexandria. Seventy-seven fragments of his writings remain, mostly from his four-volume Attica, which discussed the cult, religion, and institutions of Attica in its mythical past, based largely on Atthides. According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, he wrote both prose and verse.

Works

Istros' works exist only in fragments. Among his attested works are:
  • Attika
  • Atakta
  • Attikai lexeis
  • Argolika
  • Eliaka
  • The colonies of the Egyptians
  • On the city of Ptolemais
  • Collection of Cretan feasts
  • On the struggles of Helios
  • The manifestations of Apollo
  • The manifestations of Hercules
  • On the lyric poets
  • Symmikta, "Miscellany"
  • Hypomnemata, "Commentary"
  • Replies to Timeus

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