Dicaearchus
350 BCE–285 BCE · Messana
Dicaearchus of Messana (; Ancient Greek: Δικαίαρχος Dikaiarkhos; c. 370/350 – c. post 323 BC), also written Dikaiarchos (), was a Greek philosopher, geographer and author. Dicaearchus was a student of Aristotle in the Lyceum. Very little of his work remains extant. He wrote on geography and the history of Greece, of which his most important work was his Life of Greece. Although modern scholars often consider him a pioneer in the field of cartography, this is based on a misinterpretation of a reference in Cicero to Dicaearchus's tabulae, which does not refer to any maps made by Dicaearchus but is a pun on account books and refers to Dicaearchus's Descent into the Sanctuary of Trophonius. He also wrote books on ancient Greek poets, philosophy and politics.
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Messana, modern Messina, lies at the northeastern tip of Sicily on the strait separating the island from the Italian mainland. It was the birthplace of the Peripatetic philosopher Dicaearchus, a pupil of Aristotle known for his geographical and political writings.
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- Lysimachus· 360 BCE–281 BCE
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes· 337 BCE–283 BCE
- Bindusara· –273 BCE
- Chandragupta Maurya· –297 BCE
- Alexander the Great· 356 BCE–323 BCE
- Pyrrhus of Epirus· 319 BCE–272 BCE
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus· 382 BCE–301 BCE
- Philip II of Macedon· 382 BCE–336 BCE
- Ashoka the Great· 304 BCE–232 BCE
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