ARTAPANUS OF ALEXANDRIA

'Artapanus of Alexandria' was a historian, of Jewish origin, who lived in Alexandria during the 2nd century BCE. He wrote a history of the Jews but his books have not survived.
Parts of his work have been preserved in the books of two later historians:

★ Eusebius of Caesarea in his book "Præparatio Evangelica" ix. 18, 23

★ Clement of Alexandria in his book called "Clement's Stromata" i. 23, 154
In his account of Moses, he associates him in certain aspects to Hermes (Thoth, ie, Egyptian version).