Polyaenus

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Polyaenus: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 02, 2024
	Add new Web site: Perseus Digital Library - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Polyaenus or Polyaenus the Macedonian.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 24, 2022
	Added new Web site: Livius - Polyaenus.	Kanchan Gupta	May 08, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 28, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998