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Metrodorus, of Scepsis, -70 B.C

LC control no.n 2008038073
Personal name headingMetrodorus, of Scepsis, -70 B.C.
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Variant(s)Mētrodōros, of Skepsis, -70 B.C.
Metrodorus, of Scepsis, d. 70 B.C.
Death date-0069
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Found inMarastoni, Silvia. Metrodoro di Scepsi, c2007: t.p. (Metrodoro di Scepsi, retore, filosofo, storico e mago)
Oxford classical dictionary, 2003 (Metrodorus of Scepsis, no dates given, but friend of Mithradates IV Philopator Philadelphus, Hellenistic King of Pontus, who reigned 155/4-152/1 B.C.; may have written a book about Tigranes II, who ruled Armenia beginning in 100 B.C., a book on gymnastic training, a book on custom (meaning uncertain), and a book on geography)
LC Classification Web, 2008-06-03 (Metrodorus, of Skepsis (historian) d. 70 B.C.; Mētrodōros [romanized])