Ba'silis
(
*Ba/silis), a Greek writer of uncertain date, the author of a work on India (
Ἰνδικά), of which the second book is quoted by Athenaeus. (ix. p. 390b.)
He also seems to have written on Aethiopia, as he gave an account of the size of the country. (
Plin. Nat. 6.29. s. 35.)
He is mentioned by Agatharchides among the writers on the east. (
Ap. Phot. p. 454b. 34, ed. Bekker, who calls him
Basileus.)