Hesychius of Miletus (Greek: Ἡσύχιος ὁ Μιλήσιος, romanized: Hesychios o Milesios), Greek chronicler and biographer, surnamed Illustrius, son of an advocate, lived in Constantinople in the 6th century AD during the reign of Justinian.
His writings contain more references to pagan Greek culture than Christianity, but his actual religion remains a matter of dispute among scholars.
69) he was the author of three important works: In 1663, Gilles Ménage published an anonymous Vita Aristotelis that is commonly attributed to Hesychius.
Photius praised the style of Hesychius, and credited him with being a veracious historian.
[1] Editions; J. C. Orelli (1820) and J. Flach (1882); fragments in Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum iv.