---
name: Megasthenes
name_greek: Μεγασθένης
eul_aid: lng
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/megasthenes-lng"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Megasthenes

*Μεγασθένης*

**eul_aid:** `lng` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/megasthenes-lng)

Megasthenes, a Greek historian and diplomat. His surviving work provides an account of ancient India. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on India](https://eulogikon.org/works/megasthenes-india-fragments-lng-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἰνδικῆς* · `lng-aa`

## License and provenance

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