[792] An Athenian astronomer, the friend and assistant of Meton, about 430 B.C.
[793] An astronomer mentioned by Censorinus, as having corrected the intercalation of Cleostratus. Nothing further appears to be known of him.
[794] For Hecatæus of Miletus, see B. iv. For Hecatæus of Abdera, see B. vi.
[795] See end of B. iv.
[796] See end of B. ii.
[797] See end of B. ii.
[798] A native of Soli, or else Tarsus, in Cilicia. He was the author of two Greek astronomical poems which have come down to us. He flourished about B.C. 270.
[799] Nothing can be said of him with any degree of historical certainty. By the Persians he was called Zerdusht, and was said to have been the founder of the Magian religion. There were several works in Greek bearing his name, but which, no doubt, were forgeries of a later age than that usually assigned to him.
[800] He is mentioned in c. 70 of this Book, as writing a letter to Antiochus, king of Syria; but nothing further seems to be known of him.
[801] More particularly in B. xvii. cc. 2 and 3, and B. xviii. cc. 57-75.