Life Stesiclides (Στησικλείδης) was a 5th-century BCE Greek historian from the island of Ceos [1]. The Byzantine encyclopedia Suda records him as a contemporary of the poet Simonides and the historian Hellanicus, confirming this floruit [1]. No further biographical details survive.

Works He is credited with a single known work, titled Atthis (Ἀτθίς), a local history of Attica [1]. This chronicle is now lost, preserved only in fragments. The Suda notes he wrote unspecified "other things," but these remain unattested elsewhere [1].

Significance Stesiclides is a minor but early figure in Greek historiography, specifically within the genre of Atthidography (local histories of Athens). He is considered one of the earliest Atthidographers, preceding more famous authors like Cleidemus [2]. His work was utilized by later historians, including Ephorus, placing him as an early link in the tradition of documenting Athenian myth and history [1].

Sources 1. Suda, entry on Stesiclides (Suda On Line): https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/sigma/1187 2. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics, "Atthidographers" (Oxford University Press): https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-1022