Hero'dotus
7. A brother of Menander Protector, lived in the time of the emperor Mauritius.
Works
History beginning with the death of Agathias
He wrote a history beginning with the death of Agathias. (Suid
s. v. Μένανδρος; Codinus,
de Orig. Constant. p. 26; Malalas,
Chron. i. p. 200.)
It should be observed that in MSS. and early editions the name of Herodotus is frequently confounded with Herodorus and Heliodorus.
On the Life of Homer
Whether the work
Περὶ τῆς ῾ομήρου Βιοτῆς, is the production of a grammnarian of the name of Herodotus, or whether the author's name is a mere invention, it is impossible to say; thus much only we know, that some of the ancients themselves attributed it to Herodotus the historian.
Further Information
Steph. Byz.
s. v. Νέον τεῖχος; Suid.
s. v. Ὅμηρος; Eustath.
ad Hom. Il. p. 876.
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