Pyrgion the Historian (Πυργίων ὁ ἱστορικός) was a Greek author, likely active during the Hellenistic or Imperial period (3rd century BCE–3rd century CE). No biographical details survive. He is known only through citations by later writers, with his epithet identifying him as a historian.

His sole attested work is On the Festivals of Rhodes (Περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ ἑορτῶν), a lost antiquarian treatise. It is cited by Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistae (c. 200 CE) for a detail concerning fish [1] and is listed in the 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia, the Suda [2]. The work focused on the religious customs and festivals of the island of Rhodes.

Pyrgion represents the practice of writing specialized local histories (horography). His work is a rare example detailing the religious calendar of a major island state, providing valuable, though now fragmentary, insight into Rhodian cultural history. He is classified among the minor Greek historians.

Sources 1. Perseus Digital Library: Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, Book 8, Section 360d. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.360 2. ToposText: Entry for "Pyrgion" in the Suda. https://topostext.org/work/529#pi.3121