Hippostratus the Historian (Ἱππόστρατος ὁ ἱστορικός) was a Greek author of the Classical period, active in the 5th–4th century BCE. No biographical details survive. He is known exclusively from fragments of his work preserved by later authors.

His sole known work is a lost historical text, cited by Athenaeus in the Deipnosophistae [1]. One fragment references the Thracian city of Mende and its wine flasks, while another discusses the drinking vessel called a kothon [1]. A third citation, concerning the sambuca harp, attributes the material to a "Hippostratus" without the epithet "the historian" [1]. The Byzantine Suda lists a Hippostratus who wrote On Painters, but his identity with the historian is uncertain [2].

Hippostratus is a minor, fragmentary source. His significance lies in his use by later compilers like Athenaeus, whose excerpts on material culture illustrate the sources available to later antiquarians.

Sources 1. Perseus Digital Library: Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 11.466e, 11.783d, 14.655a. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0002:book=11:section=466e & http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0002:book=11:section=783d & http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0002:book=14:section=655a 2. Suda On Line, entry "Hippostratus" (ι 599). http://www.stoa.org/sol-entries/iota/599