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Dionysius Periegetes
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or Author of a IIEptimuts Tfis oieov,u&ns, a description of the habitable world in Greek hexameter verse, written in a terse and elegant style. Nothing certain is known of the date or nationality of the writer, but there is some reason for believing that he was an Alexandrian, who wrote in the time of Hadrian (some put him as late as the end of the 3rd century). The work enjoyed a high degree of popularity in ancient times as a school-book; it was translated into Latin by Rufus Festus Avienus, and by the grammarian Priscian. The commentary of Eustathius is valuable.
The best editions are by G. Bernhardy (1828) and C. Muller (1861) in their Geographici Graeci minores; see also E. H. Bunbury, Ancient Geography (ii. p. 480), who regards the author as flourishing from the reign of Nero to that of Trajan, and U. Bernays, Studien zu Dion. Perieg. (1905). There are two old English translations: T. Twine (1572, black letter), J. Free (1789, blank verse).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dionysius Periegetes'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dionysius-periegetes.html. 1910.
