Other works included a life of Agathocles of Syracuse and a number of treatises on literary and artistic subjects.

[1] He had a son, Scaeus, who won the boys' boxing at the Olympian Games "while the Samians were in exile";[2] that is, before 324 BC.

Duris was the brother of Lynceus of Samos, author of comedies, letters and the essay Shopping for Food.

Other works by Duris included a life of Agathocles of Syracuse, which was a source for books 19-21 of the Historical Library of Diodorus Siculus.

Duris also wrote historical annals of Samos arranged according to the lists of the priests of Hera; and a number of treatises on literary and artistic subjects.

[16] By contrast with recent predecessors such as Ephorus, Duris served as the exemplar of a new fashion for "tragic history"[17] which gave entertainment and excitement greater importance than factual reporting.