Istros the Callimachean ( Ancient Greek: Ἴστρος ὁ Καλλιμάχειος) was a Greek writer, probably from Paphos. He was a pupil of Callimachus, and active in the Library of Alexandria. [1] 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. [2] According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, he wrote both prose and verse. [3]
Istros' works exist only in fragments ( FGrHist 334). Among his attested works are: [1]
Istros the Callimachean ( Ancient Greek: Ἴστρος ὁ Καλλιμάχειος) was a Greek writer, probably from Paphos. He was a pupil of Callimachus, and active in the Library of Alexandria. [1] 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. [2] According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, he wrote both prose and verse. [3]
Istros' works exist only in fragments ( FGrHist 334). Among his attested works are: [1]