Palæphatus
was a Greek philosopher, of whom a treatise in explication of ancient fables has been several times reprinted in Greek and Latin; the best edition is that of Fischer, Lips. 1761. But little is known of him, and there are several ancient writers of this name; one an Athenian, placed by the poets before the time of Homer; | one a native of Puros, who lived under Artaxerxes Mrre"-mon; and one, a grammarian and philosopher, born at Athens or in Egypt, posterior to Aristotle. Which of these is author of the work already noticed, is not at aM certain. 1
1 Vossius de Hist. Grace Fischer’s edition, but especially his “Prolusiones,”
1771. Antonio Bibl. Hisp. —Moreri. —Dict.Hist.
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