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Xanthos

5th-century BC Greek historian and logographer
Person Human Q534163

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
500 BC
Date of death
500 BC
Place of birth
Sardis
Occupation
historian, writer
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ancient Greek[14]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[18]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Library of the World's Best Literature, Pauly–Wissowa[9][10][11][12][13]
Floruit
500 BC[8]
Given name
Xanthos[7]
Significant place
Lydia[17]
Time period
classical antiquity[15]
Writing language
Ancient Greek[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Xanthos en Xanthus of Lydia de Xanthos der Lyder el Ξάνθος ο Λυδός en-gb Xanthus es Janto de Lidia fa خانتوس fr Xanthos de Lydie he קסאנתוס מלידיה he קסאנתוס he קסאנתוס איש לידיה he קסנתוס hu Xanthosz it Xanto di Lidia it Xanto Lidio ja クサントス ko 크산토스 pl Ksantos z Lidii ru Ксанф tr Xanthus Lydius
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000013206615
VIAF cluster ID
8184116, 305392546
GND ID
118808079
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
xanthos-der-lyder
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00538951
CIRIS author ID
2268
De Agostini ID
Xanto+di+Sardi
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118808079
FGrHist ID
765
Freebase ID
/m/0279xw6
IdRef ID
132756293
LAGL author ID
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1751
Show all 26 identifiers +14
MANTO ID
11314580
NL CR AUT ID
xx0059518
NUKAT ID
n2018080843
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
6905
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrt23ecqD8Pou
Perseus author ID
1488
SHARE Catalogue author ID
207775
TLG author ID
1751
ToposText person ID
14456
Treccani ID
xanto-di-sardi
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
xanto-di-sardi
Trismegistos author ID
5133
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/171995
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJppvYFchW6tTmxBV6YwYP

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
writer, historian
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Ancient Greek
Place of birth 1
Sardis
Sex or gender 1
male
Time period 1
classical antiquity
Writing language 1
Ancient Greek
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Summary

Xanthos was born on 500 BC[1] in Sardis[2]. He died on 500 BC[3]. He worked as a historian[4] and writer[5].

FAQs

Where was Xanthos born?

Xanthos was born in Sardis[2].

What did Xanthos do for work?

Xanthos worked as a historian[4] and writer[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Geography. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64217: add GND as source to unsourced or imported statements"
  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57984: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  3. 9w ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon +2
    "Created claim: Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  4. 26w ago · JBradyK · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant place → Lydia
    "Created claim: Significant place: Lydia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778423652304"
  5. 27w ago · JBradyK · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing language → Ancient Greek
    Occupation → historian, writer
    MANTO ID → 11314580
    Instance of → human
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: MANTO ID: 11314580, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778162092118"
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