Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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noun

1. died 7? b.c., Greek rhetorician and historian in Rome.

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus British  

noun

1. died ?7 _bc , Greek historian and rhetorician; author of a history of Rome

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Example Sentences

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the first century BC scholar, called Homer the source from which every sea, every fountain, every river flows.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2019

Apollodorus is followed by Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Solinus: see Larcher, Chronologie d'Hérodote, p.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

This was followed by the text of Polyaenus, an editio princeps, 1589; a text of Aristotle, 1590; and a few notes contributed to Estienne’s editions of Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Pliny’s Epistolae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

This is the computation followed by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in his great work on Roman antiquities.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

The first is derived from Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who quoted it as a perfect illustration of perfect verse.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar