Hecatæus

Family: Greek historiography · Role: historian · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 25

Book 3 · Chapter 25

• with Hercules (Hecatæus recounts a legend involving Hercules.) “But Hecatæus the Milesian has a probable legend, that a dreadful serpent called Cerberus was reared at Tænarum, and that whoever was bitten by it was sure to die, so venomous was its bite, and this serpent was dragged by Hercules to Eurystheus.”

Book 8 · Chapter 47

• with Auge (Hecatæus gave an account concerning Auge.) “though their legend differs from that of Hecatæus about her”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.