---
title: Fragments on Hannibal
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀννίβου
author: Eumaeus the Historian
eul_wid: krs-aa
eul_aid: krs
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/eumaeus-hannibal-fragments-krs-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
domain: History
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Hannibal

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀννίβου*

**Author:** Eumaeus the Historian

**eul_wid:** `krs-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/eumaeus-hannibal-fragments-krs-aa)

## Text

### 1 (1t)

ΤΑ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΝΝΙΒΑΝ. E LIBRO SECUNDO. Athen. XII: Εὔμαχος δ’ ὁ Νεαπολίτης ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ τῶν Περὶ Ἀννίβαν ἱστοριῶν Ἱερώνυμόν φησι τὸν τυραννήσαντα Συρακοσίων ἀγαγέσθαι γυναῖκα τῶν ἐπ’ οἰκήματος προεστηκυιῶν, Πειθὼ ὄνομα, καὶ ἀποδεῖξαι βασιλίδα. ΠΕΡΙΗΓΗΣΙΣ.

### 2 (t)

Phlegon. Mirab. c. 18: Εὔμαχος δέ φησιν ἐν Περιηγήσει, Καρχηδονίους περιταφρεύοντας τὴν ἰδίαν ἐπαρχίαν εὑρεῖν ὀρύσσοντας δύο σκελετοὺς ἐν σοροῖς κειμένους, ὧν τοῦ μὲν εἰκοσιτέσσαρας εἶναι πήχεις τὴν σύνθεσιν, τοῦ δὲ ἑτέρου εἰκοσιτρεῖς.

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