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'''Mnaseas of [[Patrae]]''' ({{langx|grc|Μνασέας ὁ Πατρεύς}}) or of Patara, whether that in [[Patara (Lycia)|Lycia]] or perhaps the [[Patara (Cappadocia)|Patara in Cappadocia]] was a Greek historian of the late 3rd century BCE, who is reckoned to have been a pupil in Alexandria of [[Eratosthenes]]. His ''Periegesis'' or ''[[Periplus]]'' described Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, but whether in six or eight books cannot now be determined. His ''On Oracles'' appears to have consisted of a catalogue of oracular responses with commentary. Only fragments of his work survive, some found in [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|fragmentary papyri at Oxyrhynchus]], others embedded as [[scholia]] or as quotations in other works, often selected, apparently, because of the unusual interpretations they offer.
A modern edition of the fragments is P. Cappelletto, 2003. ''I frammenti di Mnasea: introduzione testo e commento''.
==References==
*Pietro Cappelletto (ed.), ''I frammenti di Mnasea: Introduzione testo e commento.''  (Milan:  Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto) 2003. ([http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-02-13.html Bryn Mawr Classical Review])
* Pietro Cappelletto, I frammenti di Mnasea: Introduzione testo e commento, LED Edizioni Universitarie, Milano, 2003, {{ISBN|88-7916-209-8}}
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