Hecataeus of Abdera

400 BC–300 BC

Greek philosopher and historian (c.360–c.290 BC)

writer · historian · philosopher

Born in Ancient Abdera

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Hecataeus of Abdera:

• Aristotle (383 BC–321 BC)
• Plato (428 BC–348 BC)
• Alexander the Great (355 BC–322 BC)
• Euclid (333 BC–284 BC)
• Hippocrates (459 BC–369 BC)
• Democritus (460 BC–360 BC)
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC)
• Aristophanes (444 BC–384 BC)

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