Amelesagoras of Chalcedon (Ἀμελησαγόρας) Amelesagoras was a Greek historian from the 5th century BCE, originating from Chalcedon, a Megarian colony on the Bosporus [1][2][3]. Beyond this, no details of his life or education survive.

He is known for a single prose work, transmitted fragmentarily in Attic dialect. Its title is lost, but later authors like Eratosthenes and Plutarch cite it for its mythological and genealogical content [1][2][3].

Amelesagoras is a minor early historian, often categorized among the mythographers. His significance lies in being a source for later writers on mythological traditions. Plutarch cites his account of Homer’s parentage (the poet being the son of the river Meles and the nymph Critheïs), and a scholiast on Euripides references him for a variant of the myth of Anius’s daughters [1][2][3]. His work exemplifies the blend of myth and local history that characterized early Greek historiography.

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