Uranius, Greek writer about Arabia
Uranius, Greek writer about Arabia
- Simon Hornblower
Extract
His date is not quite certain, but 4th century ce (rather than three centuries earlier) seems likeliest. He is a source for much of the Arabian information in Stephanus of Byzantium, in whose treatise on ethnics he is praised highly.
Subjects
- Greek Literature
- Late Antiquity
- Near East
