Antenor (writer)
Antenor (Ancient Greek: Ἀντήνωρ) was a Greek writer of uncertain date, wrote a work upon the history of Crete, which on account of its excellence was called Delta (Δέλτα), inasmuch as, says Ptolemy Hephaestion,[1] the Cretans called that which is good Delton (Δέλτον).[2][3]
Notes
- Ptolemy Hephaestion, ap. Phot. Cod. 190, p. 151, b. Bekk.
- Claudius Aelianus, H. N. xvii. 35
- Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus c. 32.
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