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

(Σκάμων), of Mytilene, wrote a work on inventions (Περὶ Εὑρημάτων), of which the first book is quoted by Athenaeus (xiv. pp. 630, b, 637, b; see also Clem. Al. Strom. i. p. 132; Euseb. Praep. Ev. 10.7; Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 495, ed. Westermann).