Antiochus of Syracuse
Greek historian
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| Intro | Greek historian | |
| Places | Greece | |
| is | Historian Writer | |
| Work field | Literature Social science | |
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Biography
Antiochus of Syracuse was a Greek historian, who flourished around 420 BC.
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Little is known of his life, but his works, of which only fragments remain, enjoyed a high reputation because of their accuracy. He wrote a History of Sicily from the earliest times to 424 BC, which was used by Thucydides, and the Colonizing of Italy, frequently referred to by Strabo and Dionysius of Halicarnassus.