Life Xenomedes of Ceos (Ξενομήδης ὁ Κεῖος) was a Greek historian active in the 5th century BCE. No details of his personal life survive. His work is known solely through later citations, primarily by Pseudo-Apollodorus and Strabo [1][2].

Works His only attested work is a lost local history of Ceos, conventionally titled the Ceian History. It survives in approximately five fragments, preserved in later authors, which focus on mythological material such as the story of Cydippe [1].

Significance Xenomedes represents the early tradition of local historiography (horoi or ktiseis). His fragments were used by later authors like Pseudo-Apollodorus for Ceian genealogies and by Strabo for the island's early inhabitants [1][2]. They provide valuable, though limited, evidence for Ceos's mythological traditions.

Sources 1. Perseus Digital Library, Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.15.1, Note: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 2. Perseus Digital Library, Strabo, Geography 10.5.6: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+10.5.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239 3. ToposText, Xenomedes of Ceos (fragment collection): https://topostext.org/people/1439