Hellanĭcus

, a celebrated Greek historian, born at Mitylene. He wrote a history of the ancient kings of the earth, with an account of the founders of the most famous towns in every kingdom, and died B.C. 411, in the 85th year of his age. Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 3 .— Cicero , On Oratory , bk. 2 , ch. 53 .— Aulus Gellius , bk. 15 , ch. 23 .――A brave officer rewarded by Alexander. Curtius , bk. 5 , ch. 2 .――An historian of Miletus, who wrote a description of the earth.