Dionysius Periegetes, author of 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 Gottfried Bernhardy (1828) and C Müller (1861) in their Geographici Greed minores; see also EH Bunbury, Ancient Geography (ii. p. 480), who regards the author as flourishing from the reign of Nero to that of Trajan, and U Bernay's, Studien zu Dionysius Periegetes (1905). There are two old English translations: T Twine (1572, black letter), J Free (1789, blank verse).
DionysiusPeriegetes (literally, Dionysius of The Description) was the author of a description of the habitable world in Greek hexameter verse written in a terse and elegant style.
His lifedates, and indeed his origins, are not known, but he is believed to have been from Alexandria and to have flourished around the time of Hadrian, though some put him as late as the end of the 3rd century.
Dionysius Periēgētes Graece et Latine cum vetustis commentariis et interpretationibus ex recensione et cum annotatione Godofredi Bernhardy.
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