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historian and the son of Critophemus. He was often called Marsyas the Younger () to distinguish him from Marsyas of Pella, with whom he has frequently been confounded. The earliest writers by whom he is cited is Plinius and

Athenaeus Athenaeus of Naucratis (, or Nαυκράτιος, ''Athēnaios Naukratitēs'' or ''Naukratios''; ) was an ancient Greek rhetorician and Grammarian (Greco-Roman), grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century ...

. The latter tells us that he also served as a priest of

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. His works were ''Μακεδονικά'' On Macedonia (6 books), ''Αρχαιολογία'' Archaeology (On Attica?) (12 books) and ''Μυθικά'' On Myths (7 books).

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