Agathocles (Gr. , fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek historian who wrote a history of Cyzicus () in the Ionic dialect.^[1][2] He is called by Athenaeus both a Babylonian^[3] and a Cyzican.^[4] He may originally have come from Babylon, and have settled at Cyzicus. The first and third books are referred to by Athenaeus.^[5] The time at which Agathocles lived is unknown, and his work is now lost; but it seems to have been extensively read in antiquity, as it is referred to by Cicero,^[6] Pliny,^[7] and other ancient writers. Agathocles also spoke of the origin of Rome.^[8][9] The scholiast on Apollonius^[10] cites Memoirs () by an Agathocles, who is usually supposed to be the same as the above-mentioned one.^[11][12][13]

There are several other writers of the same name, whose works are lost to us but are mentioned by later writers:

• Agathocles of Atrax, who wrote a work on fishing.^[14]
• Agathocles of Chios, who wrote a work on agriculture.^[15][16]
• Agathocles of Miletus, who wrote a work on rivers.^[17]
• Agathocles of Samos, who wrote a work on the constitution of Pessinus.^[18]

References

ca:Ag tocles de C zic de:Agathokles von Kyzikos it:Agatocle di Cizico