Life Themison the Historian (Θεμίσων ὁ Ἱστορικός) was a Greek author active in the 1st century CE. His name distinguishes him from the more prominent 1st-century BCE physician Themison of Laodicea [1]. No biographical details survive, indicating he was a minor or fragmentarily attested figure.

Works He is known solely as the author of a lost work titled On the Jews (Περὶ Ἰουδαίων) [2]. This work survives in a single fragment preserved by the 6th-century CE lexicographer Stephanus of Byzantium in his Ethnica, which mentions the city of Gaza [2].

Significance Themison’s work places him within the Greco-Roman tradition of ethnographic writing about Judea. His sole surviving citation provides the only direct evidence of his existence, making him a minor source for ancient historiography and geography.

Sources 1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (The Methodist School): https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/medicine-ancient-greece/#MethSch 2. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics (Themison): https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-8039