Ephorus

Ephorus in Wikipedia

Ephorus or Ephoros (Ancient Greek: Ἔφορος, c. 400–330 BC), of Cyme in Aeolia, in Asia Minor, was an ancient Greek historian. Information on his biography is limited; he was the father of Demophilus, who followed in his footsteps as a historian, and to Plutarch's claim that Ephorus declined Alexander the Great's offer to join him on his Persian camp...

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Ephŏrus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Ἔφορος). Of Cymae in Aeolis, a celebrated Greek historian, a contemporary of Philip and Alexander, flourished about B.C. 340. He wrote a universal history (Ἱστορίαι), in thirty books, the first that was attempted in Greece. It covers a period of 750 years, from the return of the Heraclidae to B.C. 341. Of this history Diodorus Siculus made an exte...

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