[2881] A Greek writer on Egypt. He is often quoted by Stephanus Byzantinus, who says that he was not much younger than Plato. He is mentioned as a writer on the Pyramids of Egypt, in Chapter [17] of this Book.
[2882] See end of B. xii.
[2883] See end of B. ii.
[2884] From the mention made of him in Chapter [17] of this Book, he must have lived in the first century before, or the first century after Christ.
[2885] Possibly Antisthenes of Rhodes, a historian who lived about 200 B.C.
[2886] Possibly the author mentioned by Athenæus, B. xv. as having written on Egypt. He is mentioned in Chapter [17] of this Book.
[2887] Hardouin thinks that he is the same person as Hermateles, mentioned by Tertullian, De Spectaculis, c. 8, as having written on Obelisks.
[2888] A native of Naucratis, in Egypt, who wrote a work on that country, mentioned by Athenæus, and some Poems.
[2890] This being imposed as a punishment on him, in remembrance of his sacrilegious crimes, when released by Jupiter from the rock. Prometheus and Vulcan, as Ajasson remarks, are personifications of fire, employed for artistic purposes.