Menecrates of Tyre (Μενεκράτης ὁ Τύριος) was a Greek-language author from the Phoenician city of Tyre who lived during the 4th century BCE. His floruit is deduced from the content of his work and his citation by later authors [1]. No other biographical details survive.

His only known work is On Sculptors (Περὶ ἀνδριάντων), a lost prose text surviving in fragments. It provided biographical and anecdotal information about Greek sculptors and was cited by later compilers like Athenaeus [1][2].

Menecrates is a minor but notable early source for the history of Greek art. His work represents the Hellenistic interest in cataloging cultural achievements and exemplifies the cross-cultural exchange within the expanding Greek world [1].

Sources 1. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics: https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-4062 2. Perseus Digital Library, Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dmenecrates-bio-15