[4418] A Greek geographer, and friend of Seleucus Nicator, by whom he was sent on an embassy to Sandrocottus, king of the Prasii, whoso capital was Palibothra, a town probably in the vicinity of the present Patna. Whether he had accompanied Alexander on his invasion of India is quite uncertain. He wrote a work on India in four books, to which the subsequent Greek writers were chiefly indebted for their accounts of India. Arrian speaks highly of him as a writer, but Strabo impeaches his veracity; and we find Pliny hinting the same in B. vi. c. 21. Of his work only a few fragments survive.
[4421] There was a philosopher of this name, a nephew of Chrysippus, and his pupil; but it is not known whether he is the person referred to, in C. [10], either as having written a work on universal geography, or on that of Egypt.
Transcriber’s Notes:
The spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and accentuation are as the original, except for apparent typographical errors which have been corrected.
In footnote 3897:—
See B. ii. c. 116.
corrected to read:—
See B. ii. c. 110.
In footnote 4348:—
A king of … see B. xvi. c. 89 of the present Book.
is incorrect, as B. xvi is to be found in Vol. III.