Akesandros the Historian (Ἀκέσανδρος ὁ ἱστορικός) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period, likely active in the 1st century BCE. No biographical details survive. He is known solely through fragmentary citations by later authors [1].

His only attested work is the Libyka (Λιβυκά) or On Libya, a treatise on the history and geography of North Africa. It survives in fragments, primarily preserved within Athenaeus’s Deipnosophistae [1][2].

Akesandros is a minor figure whose significance lies in his contribution to Hellenistic ethnography. His fragments provide valuable details on Libyan geography, myths, and customs, such as the myth of the giant Antaios [1]. His work exemplifies the period’s scholarly effort to catalog the known world.

Sources 1. Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aentry%3Aacesandrus-harpers 2. ToposText: https://topostext.org/people/1410