Xenophon of Lampsacus
XENOPHON OF LAMPSACUS
XENOPHON OF LAMPSACUS (second century b.c.e.), author of a fanciful travel book in Greek. He has been identified with Xenophon, author of a guide to Syria, quoted anonymously on the subject of Jerusalem's topography in Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica, 9:36.
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