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ATTHIS (an adjective meaning " Attic ") , the name given to a monograph or special
topography of Attica and Athens. During the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C., a class of writers arose, who, making these subjects their particular study, were called atthidographi, or compilers of atthides. The first of 'these was Clidemus or Clitodemus (about 378 B.c.); the last, Ister of Cyrene (died 212 B.c.); the most important was Philochorus (first half of the 3rd century B.c.), of whose work
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note in reference to the legends, history, constitution, religion and civilization of Attica. They followed the order of the olympiads and archons, and their work
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inscriptions . Their writings were much used by historians, as well as by the scholiasts and grammarians.Fragments in Muller, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, is End of Article: ATTHIS (an adjective meaning " Attic ") If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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