Dionysius of Halicarnassus

American  

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

Although Polybius and Dionysius of Halicarnassus frequently find fault with him, the first uses him as his chief authority for the Second Punic War.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

The common narrative of Ephorus is repeated by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and is evidently invented to account for the name Παρθενίαι, which Antiochus declines to explain.1359.Xen.

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

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