Istros the Callimachean
Introduction '''Istros the Callimachean''' () was a Greek writer, probably from Paphos. He was a pupil of Callimachus, and active in the Library of Alexandria. Seventy-seven fragments of his writings remain, mostly from his four-volume ''Attica'', which discussed the cult, religion, and institutions of Attica in its mythical past, based largely on ''Atthides''. According to the ''Suda'', a 10th-century encyclopedia, he wrote both prose and verse.
Works Istros' works exist only in fragments (''FGrHist'' 334). Among his attested works are:* Attika (Ἀττικά)* Atakta (Ἄτακτα)* Attikai lexeis (Ἀττικαὶ λέξεις)* Argolika (Ἀργολικά)* Eliaka (Ἠλιακά)* The colonies of the Egyptians (Αἰγυπτίων ἀποικίαι)* On the city of Ptolemais (Περὶ Πτολεμαΐδος)* Collection of Cretan feasts (Συναγωγὴ τῶν Κρητικῶν θυσιῶν)* On the struggles of Helios (Περὶ τῶν Ἡλίου ἀγώνων)* The manifestations of Apollo (Ἀπόλλωνος ἐπιφάνειαι)* The manifestations of Hercules (Ἡρακλέους ἐπιφάνειαι)* On the lyric poets (Περὶ μελοποιῶν)* Symmikta (Σύμμικτα), "Miscellany"* Hypomnemata (Ὑπομνήματα), "Commentary"* Replies to Timeus (Πρὸς Τίμαιον ἀντιγραφαί)
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Further reading * Monica Berti, ''Istro il Callimacheo'', I, ''Testimonianze e frammenti su Atene e sull'Attica'', Edizioni Tored, Tivoli (Roma) 2009
Other resources * demo.fragmentarytexts.org - Istros* The Digital Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum (DFHG)* The Digital Athenaeus