Herodotus
7. A brother of Menander Protector, lived in the time of the emperor Mauritius.
Works
History beginning with the death of Agathias
He wrote a history beginning with the death of Agathias. (Suid s. v. Μένανδρος; Codinus, de Orig. Constant. p. 26; Malalas, Chron. i. p. 200.) It should be observed that in MSS. and early editions the name of Herodotus is frequently confounded with Herodorus and Heliodorus.
On the Life of Homer
Whether the work Περὶ τῆς ʽομήρου Βιοτῆς, is the production of a grammnarian of the name of Herodotus, or whether the author's name is a mere invention, it is impossible to say; thus much only we know, that some of the ancients themselves attributed it to Herodotus the historian.
Further Information
Steph. Byz. s. v. Νέον τεῖχος; Suid. s. v. Ὅμηρος; Eustath. ad Hom. Il. p. 876.
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