Charon
3. Of Naucratis, was the author of a history of the Alexandrian and Egyptian priests, and of the events which occurred under each; likewise of a treatise on Naucratis, and other works. (Suid. s. v.) The Charon who was a friend of Apollonius Rhodius, and wrote a historical commentary on his Argonaulica, has been identified by some with the historian of Naucratis, by others with the Carthaginian. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. b. 3.100.21; Voss. de Hist. Graec. pp. 20, 138, 144, 415, ed. Westermann; Schol. ad Apoll. Rhod. 2.1054.)
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