Hecataeus the Milesian speaks thus: I write these things as they seem true to me; for the stories told the gr reeks are various and in my opinion absur Hecataeus of Miletus, Genealogies• Hecataeus the Milesian speaks thus: I write these things as they seem true to me; for the stories told by the Greeks are various and in my opinion absurd. Hecataeus of Miletus, Genealogies