Sosylus of Lacedaemon
Sosylus of Lacedaemon was a Greek historian in the 3rd century BC. A contemporary of Hannibal, he accompanied him during the Second Punic War and is the author of the Deeds of Hannibal, a lost historical work of seven volumes; only fragments of the work are known.[1] Sosylus taught Hannibal Greek.[2]
It is possible that Polybios may have used material from Sosylus' history for his writing about Hannibal in The Histories.[3]
References
- Sosylus, in Fragmente der griechischen Historiker (Fragments of Greek Historians) by Felix Jacoby
- Dexter Hoyos. A Companion to the Punic Wars. John Wiley & Sons (2011). p. 100.
- Jona Lendering (April 6, 2016). "Hannibal in the Alps". Livius.org. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
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