Dionysius Periegetes
2nd century AD Greek travel writer · Writers · Lived 100 to 200 · aged 100
Dionysius Periegetes, also known as Dionysius of Alexandria or Dionysius the African, was the author of a description of the then-known world in Greek hexameter verse.
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He is believed to have been from Alexandria and to have lived around the time of Hadrian, though some date his lifetime as late as the end of the 3rd century.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 100 to 200 · aged 100
