Stesimbrotus

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Stesimbrotus (stĕs´Ĭmbrō´təs), fl. 5th cent. BC, Greek biographer, b. Thasos. He wrote biographical studies of Pericles, Themistocles, and Thucydides, son of Melesias. In addition he wrote books on Homer and on Samothracian religious mysteries.

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