Late Antique Historiography

Helladius of Antinoopolis

Name(s):
  • Helladius of Antinoopolis (῾Ελλάδιος, Helladios)
Date:
Late 3rd-early 4th c. (under the reigns of Maximianus and Licinius, 286-310)
Confession:
  • Pagan
Works:
Remarks:
Photius (Bibliotheca Cod. 279) calls Helladius Besantinoos as if it refers to his place of origin: it was more probably his patronymic. His works were written in iambic verses (ἰαμβικῶι δὲ μέτρωι).