[638] See end of B. vi.
[639] See end of B. ii.
[640] There was a native of Mendæ, in Sicily, of this name, who wrote a history of Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse. It was, probably, a different person of this name who wrote a work on the East; if such is the case, Pliny most probably quotes from the work of the latter.
[641] Nothing seems to be known of this writer; but it is suggested that he may have accompanied Nearchus and Onesicritus in the East.
[642] See end of B. vi.
[643] Nothing is known of him; but Hardouin suggests that he may have accompanied Alexander the Great in his Eastern expedition.
[644] See end of B. iv.
[645] An officer at the court of Alexander the Great, who wrote a collection of anecdotes respecting the private life and reign of that emperor, some fragments of which are preserved by Athenæus.
[646] See end of B. iv.
[647] He is supposed to have been the same with the person of that name who wrote a history of Alexander the Great; but nothing further is known of him.