Dionysius of Miletus ( el, Διονύσιος, translit=Dionýsios) was an ancient

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ethnographer and historian. He may have lived in the 5th century BC and was a contemporary of Hecataeus of Miletus according to the '' Suda'' (a tenth century

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Works

Dionysius is the alleged author of several works: * ''Troica'' (in three books) * ''History of Persia'' (''Persica''). Written in Ionic Greek. * ''Description of the Inhabited World'' * ''The Events after Darius'' (in five books) * ''Historical Cycle'' (in seven books) According to the

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Rüdiger Schmitt, Dionysius was reportedly the author of a book about Persian history after the death of Darius the Great (522–486 BC). Schmitt adds: According to the modern historian Klaus Meister in the ''

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'', except for the possible exception of the ''Persica'' and ''The Events after Darius'' (as they might be genuine), the actual historicity of Dionysius's works are contested. Meister adds:

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* * {{Authority control Ancient Milesians Ancient Greeks from the Achaemenid Empire Historians of the Achaemenid Empire 5th-century BC Greek people Ancient Greek historians Ethnographers