XANTHOS OF LYDIA
\zˈanθə͡ʊz ɒv lˈɪdiə], \zˈanθəʊz ɒv lˈɪdiə], \z_ˈa_n_θ_əʊ_z ɒ_v l_ˈɪ_d_i__ə]\
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A Greek historian; living about the sixth century B. C., contemporary with Herodotus. He wrote a work called "Lydiaca", being a history of Lydia from heroictimes down, and giving also a geographical description of the country; only fragments of it have been preserved.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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