A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

2. An author of uncertain date, who wrote an historical work on Argolis. It is referred to by the following writers :--Plut. Arat. 29; Schol. ad Apoll. Rhod. 2.791, ad Eur. Orest. 859, ad Soph. Electr. 281, ad Theocr. 14.48, ad Pind. Ol. 7.49, Isthm. 4.104. See also Meineke, Hist. Crit. Com. Graec. p. 385. It is doubtful whether this Deinias should be identified with the author of a work on the history of inventions mentioned by Athenaeus (xi. p. 471b.; see Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. 150).

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