2. Of Syracuse, likewise an historian, seems to have lived about the time of Philip and
Alexander the Great of Macedonia.
Works
Ἀσίας ΠερίπλουςHe was the author of a work entitled
Ἀσίας Περίπλους
(
Athen. 6.265, vii. p. 321, xiii. p. 609).
Περὶ ΣικελίαςHis is the author of a work entitled
Περὶ τῶν ἐν Σικελία
Θαυμαζομένων (
Athen. 1.19, xiii. p. 588), which is
sometimes simply referred to by the title
Περὶ Σικελίας.
(
Athen. 8.331, x. p. 452; Schol.
ad
Theocrit. 1.69, 5.15,
ad Hom. Od.
μ. 301, where, instead of
Μεμψήδωρος. we should read
Νυμφόδωρος;
comp. Aelian,
Ael. NA 11.20.)
On Sardinia
Aelian (Ael. NA 16.34) quotes a statement from Nymphodorus
relating to the use the Sardinians made of goat-skins, and from which it might be inferred
that he also wrote on Sardinia, but this may have been a mere digression introduced into his
work on Sicily.
Further Information
Plin. Elenck. libb. iii. v. vii. xxxiii. xxxiv. xxxv.; Tertull. De An.
57 ; Steph. Byz. s. v.
Ἀθύρας; Harpocrat., Hesych. s. v.
αἰγίδας; comp. Ebert, Dissert.
Sicul. pp. 155-222.