Author:Arrian

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Arrian
(c. 89/95 – c. 175/180)

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Lucius Flavius Arrianus "Xenophon", known in English as Arrian, and Arrian of Nicomedia, was an ethnically Greek historian, a public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the Roman period. As with other authors of the Second Sophistic, Arrian wrote primarily in Attic dialect

Works

The Anabasis of Alexander; or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, translated by E.J. Chinnock (1883)
The Enchiridion (Manual) and Discourses of Epictetus:
- The Discourses as reported by Arrian, the Manual, and Fragments translated by W. A. Oldfather (1925/8)

Misattributed works

Formerly often credited with authorship of the Arrian's Voyage Round the Euxine Sea

Works about Arrian

"Arrian," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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