Agathocles (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαθοκλῆς; fl.
3rd century BC) was a Greek historian who wrote a history of Cyzicus (περὶ Κυζίκου) in the Ionic dialect.
[4] The time at which Agathocles lived is unknown, and his work is now lost; but it seems to have been extensively read in antiquity, as it is referred to by Cicero,[5] Pliny,[6] and other ancient writers.
[7][8] The scholiast on Apollonius[9] cites Memoirs (ὑπομνήματα) by an Agathocles, who is usually supposed to be the same as the above-mentioned one.
[10][11][12] There are several other writers of the same name, whose works are lost to us but are mentioned by later writers: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870).