Who named the seven wonders of the world?
The first reference to a list of seven such monuments was given by Diodorus Siculus. The epigrammist Antipater of Sidon who lived around or before 100 BC, gave a list of seven such monuments, including six of the present list (substituting the walls of Babylon for the lighthouse):
Who named six of the seven wonders of the world around 100 BC?
Antipater of Sidon
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Earlier and later lists by the historian Herodotus (484 BC–ca. 425 BC) and the architect Callimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305–240 BC), housed at the Museum of Alexandria, survived only as references.
Who is known to have listed some of the seven wonders of the world around 400 BC?
Herodotus
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20Wonders%20of%20the%20Ancient%20World
The Seven Wonders of the World or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (simply known as Seven Wonders) is a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems popular among ancient Hellenic tourists.
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Another 2nd century BC writer, who, perhaps dubiously, identified himself as Philo of Byzantium, wrote a short account entitled The Seven Sights of the World.
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Seven Wonders of the World is a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems. The first reference to a list of seven such monuments was given by Diodorus Siculus. Antipater of Sidon gave a list including six of the present list. Another 2nd century BC writer, Philo of Byzantium, wrote a short account entitled The Seven Sights of the World. Earlier and later lists by the historian Herodotus and the poet Callimachus of Cyrene, housed at the Museum of Alexandria, survive only as references.