Agathosthenes () was a Greek historian or philosopher of uncertain date, who is referred to by Tzetzes as his authority in matters connected with geography.John Tzetzes, ad Lycophron 704, 1021. Chil. vii. 645 There is mention of a work of Agathosthenes called "Asiatica Carmina",Germanicus, in Arat. Phaen. 24 where some writers read the name "Aglaosthenes";Thomas Gale, Notae in Parthen. p. 125, &c. for Aglaosthenes or Aglosthenes, who is by some considered to be the same as Agathosthenes, wrote a work on the history of Naxos, of which nothing remains, but which was much used by ancient writers.Hyginus, Poeticon astronomicon ii, 16Eratosthenes, Catasterismi ii. 27Pollux, ix. 83Athen. iii. p. 78Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia iv. 22
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