Aristotle (Apion 1.176-82) admired the Jews. The work is considered spurious by some; However Pucci Ben Zeev, in surveying scholarship on this matter, finds reasons to grant core elements of authenticity in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary. According to the 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia the Suda, Hecataeus wrote a treatise on Homer and Hesiod, entitled On the Poetry of Homer and Hesiod (Περὶ τῆς ποιήσεως Ὁμήρου καὶ Ἡσιόδου); nothing of this work survives, however, and it is mentioned by no other ancient source. References Citations Bibliography . . . . . Further reading . External links Fragments of Hecataeus in & Hellenistic-era historians Abderites 4th-century BC historians Ancient Greeks in Egypt Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown