Dionysius ( grc, Διονύσιος) was a Greek of the 3rd century BCE, who was sent by Ptolemy Philadelphus of Ptolemaic Egypt, Egypt as ambassador to the court of the Maurya empire, in the reign of either Bindusara or Ashoka.
Dionysius is mentioned in a passage of Pliny the Elder:
:But India has been treated of by several other Greek writers who resided at the courts of Indian kings, such, for instance, as Megasthenes, and by Dionysius, who was sent thither by Philadelphus, expressly for the purpose: all of whom have enlarged upon the power and vast resources of these nations. —Pliny the Elder, ''The Natural History'', book 6, Chap. 21
Pliny the Elder, "The Natural History", 6, 21
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Notes
References
*Edward James Rapson (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of India'', Vol 1, Cambridge 1922, p. 433.
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See also
*Megasthenes
*Deimachus
3rd-century BC Greek people
3rd-century BC rulers
Ancient Greek diplomats
Hellenistic-era people
Greek Indologists
3rd-century BC diplomats
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