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The three-volume Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology provides an excellent resource for identifying significant figures mentioned by ancient Roman and Greek writers. A classic work of nineteenth-century lexicography, it spans the fields of mathematics, architecture, philosophy, history, medicine, the arts, and more. Gleaning knowledge from distinguished authorities and scholars...

twenty-four, and a Lexicon to Plato in two, books. (Suidas.) He seems to be the same as the Harpocration who is mentioned by Athenaeus (xiv. p. 648) along with Chrysippus, and by Stobaeus (Eclog. Phys. i. 2. pp. 896, 912. ed. Heeren.) 2. Of Mendes, is mentioned by Athenaeus (xiv. p. 648) as the author of a work on cakes (Περὶ Πλακούντων), but is otherwise unknown. Who the Harpocration is who is mentioned by the Venetian scholiast on the Iliad (i. 453), as the teacher of Dius, is unknown. [L. S.]
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