Xenagoras ( grc, Ξεναγόρας) was a Greek historian from

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( grc, Διονύσιος Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἁλικαρνασσεύς, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style ...

, from whom we learn that Xenagoras wrote that

Odysseus Odysseus ( ; grc-gre, Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, OdysseúsOdyseús, ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( , ; lat, UlyssesUlixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the ''Odyssey''. Odys ...

and Circe had three sons, Rhomos,

Anteias Anteias or Antias ( grc, Ἀντείας or grc, Ἀντίας) was in Roman mythology a figure in some versions of Rome's foundation myth. He was one of the three sons of Odysseus by Circe, and brother to Rhomos and Ardeas, each of whom were sai ...

, and

Ardeas In Greek mythology, Ardeas or Ardeias ( grc, Ἀρδείας) was a son of Odysseus and Circe. He was said to have founded Ardea, a city in Latium, although others suggest Ardea was founded by Danae. Xenagoras (historian) writes that Odysseus w ...

, who founded the three cities which were called by their names. He wrote a work titled ''Chronicle'' (Χρόνοι), and another on islands (Περὶ νήσων). The 5th century writer

Macrobius Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the Later Roman Empire, and when Latin was ...

also refers to the third book of the history of Xenagoras.

, v. 19 This Xenagoras was possibly the same Xenagoras as father of the historian Nymphis.

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