Duris of Samos (d
`rĭs), fl. 3d cent. B.C., Greek historian. A descendent of Alcibiades Alcibiades (ălsĭbī`ədēz), c.450–404 B.C., Athenian statesman and general.
..... Click the link for more information. , Duris was tyrant of Samos for a time. He wrote Samian Chronicle—a history of Samos—and a rambling history of Greece and Macedonia covering most of the 4th cent. B.C. and the early years of the 3d cent. B.C. Only fragments of these works survive.
`rĭs), fl. 3d cent. B.C., Greek historian. A descendent of Alcibiades Alcibiades (ălsĭbī`ədēz), c.450–404 B.C., Athenian statesman and general...... Click the link for more information. , Duris was tyrant of Samos for a time. He wrote Samian Chronicle—a history of Samos—and a rambling history of Greece and Macedonia covering most of the 4th cent. B.C. and the early years of the 3d cent. B.C. Only fragments of these works survive.
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