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title: On the Alphabet and Early History
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Dionysius of Miletus
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period: Classical
dialect: Ionic
domain: History
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# On the Alphabet and Early History

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Dionysius of Miletus

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## Text

### 1

Φασὶ γὰρ ὅτι Φοίνικες μὲν εὗρον τὰ στοιχεῖα, Κάδμος δὲ ἤγαγεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα. Πυθόδωρος δὲ (ὡς) ἐν τῷ Περὶ στοιχείων, καὶ Φίλλις ὁ Δήλιος ἐν τῷ Περὶ χορῶν πρὸ Κάδμου Δαναὸν μετακομίσαι αὐτά φα σιν. Ἐπιμαρτυροῦσι τούτοις καὶ οἱ Μιλησιακοὶ συγγραφεῖς, Ἀναξίμανδρος καὶ Διονύσιος καὶ Ἑκαταῖος, οὓς καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν Νεῶν καταλόγῳ παρατίθεται.

### 2

Αἶμον τὸ ὄρος οὐδετέρως Ἑκαταῖος διὰ παντὸς καὶ Διονύσιος καὶ Ἑλλάνικος καὶ Εὔδοξος.

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