Archemachus or Archemacchus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέμαχoς) was an ancient Greek writer who wrote on his native island (Euboea). His works consisted of at least three books.[1] Whether this Archemachus was the author of the grammatical work Metonyms (Aἱ Μετωνυμίαι, Hai Metonymiai),[2] is uncertain.
References
edit- ^ Strabo, Geographia, x.; Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, vi.; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, i.; Harpocration, Lexicon, s. v. "kotylaion oros"; Plutarch, Moralia, "De Iside et Osiride", 27
- ^ Scholium ad Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, iv. 262.
Sources
edit- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Archemachus", Boston, (1867)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Archemachus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 265.
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