Theseus the Historian (Θησεύς ὁ ἱστορικός) Life Theseus was a Greek historian active during the Hellenistic period, with a floruit broadly placed between the 3rd century BCE and the 2nd century CE. No details of his biography, geography, or education survive.

Works He is credited with a single, lost work: On the Jews (Περὶ Ἰουδαίων). It is preserved only in a citation by Clement of Alexandria, who records that Theseus claimed the Athenian lawgiver Solon borrowed his law against idleness from the law of Moses [1].

Significance Theseus is a minor but attested figure in the study of Hellenistic-Jewish intellectual relations. His fragment represents a notable assertion of Jewish cultural priority over Greek civilization, a trope employed in both Jewish apologetic and later Christian literature seeking to harmonize Greek philosophy with biblical tradition [1].

Sources 1. Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0580%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D23%3Asection%3D154