See also:

• ATTHIS (an adjective meaning " Attic ")

ATTHIS (an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective meaning " See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic ")  , the name given to a monograph or See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the religious and See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• HISTORY

history, antiquities and See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

topography of See also:

• ATTICA

Attica and See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens . During the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C., a class of writers arose, who, making these subjects their particular study, were called atthidographi, or compilers of atthides . The first of 'these was Clidemus or Clitodemus (about 378 B.c.); the last, Ister of See also:

• CYRENE [mod. Ain Shahat-Grenna]

Cyrene (died 212 B.c.); the most important was See also:

• PHILOCHORUS

Philochorus (first See also:

• HALF

half of the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.c.), of whose See also:

• WORK

work considerable fragments have been preserved . The names of the other atthidographi known to us are Phanodemus, Demon, See also:

• ANDROTION (c. 350 B.c.)

Androtion, See also:

• ANDRON (Gr. aPbp n')

Andron, See also:

• MELANTHIUS

Melanthius . They laid no claim to See also:

• LITERARY

literary skill; their See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style was monotonous and soon became wearisome . They were in fact chroniclers or See also:

• ANNALISTS (from Lat. annas, year; hence annales, sc. libri, annual records)

annalists—not historians . Their only See also:

• OBJECT

object was to set down, in See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, all that seemed worthy of See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note in reference to the legends, history, constitution, See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion and See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization of Attica . They followed the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the olympiads and archons, and their work was supported by the authority of See also:

• ORIGINAL

original documents, monuments and See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions . Their writings were much used by historians, as well as by the scholiasts and grammarians .