Asclepiades (Ancient Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης) or Asclepios of Anazarba in Cilicia was a historian of ancient Greece. He is mentioned by several ancient writers as the author of many works, though today we know specifics about only two of them: one was a work called On Rivers (περὶ ποταμῶν), and another was about the antiquities of his native city, The Land of Anazarba (πάτρια Ἀναζάρβου). Of his time, we know only that he lived at some point before the 6th century CE.
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Ἀναζαρξά
- Lightfoot, J. B. (1885). The Apostolic Fathers: Ignatius and Polycarp. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). Wipf and Stock. p. 139. ISBN 9798385209385. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Asclepiades (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 379.