# Atthidographer

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In ancient Greece, **Atthidographers** (Ancient Greek: Ἀτθιδογράφος, *atthidographos*) were local historians of [Attica](/source/Attica). They wrote [histories of Athens](/source/History_of_Athens) called *Atthides* (singular: *Atthis*).[1] Atthidography is the best-attested genre of local history from the ancient Greek world,[2] with fragments of more than fifty authors preserved.[3]

The first Atthidographer was [Hellanicus of Lesbos](/source/Hellanicus_of_Lesbos),[4] and the first Athenian Atthidographer was [Cleidemus](/source/Cleidemus).[5] Other Atthidographers include [Androtion](/source/Androtion), [Phanodemos](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanodemo), Demon, and [Melanthius](/source/Melanthius_(disambiguation)).[6] The last Atthidographer was [Philochorus](/source/Philochorus).[7] The genre in which these authors worked is referred to as Atthidography.

## References

1. Harding, Phillip (2007). *The Story of Athens: The Fragments of the Local Chronicles of Attika*. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415338097.

1. Dillery, John (2005). "Greek Sacred History". *The American Journal of Philology*. **126** (4): 507.

1. Harding, Phillip (2007). "Local History and Atthidography". *A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography*. Marincola, John (ed.). Malden: Blackwell. p. 181.

1. Harding, Phillip (2007). "Local History and Atthidography". *A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography*. Marincola, John (ed.). Malden: Blackwell. p. 186.

1. Dillery, John (2005). "Greek Sacred History". *The American Journal of Philology*. **126** (4): 508.

1. Harding, Philip Edward (1996). "Melanthius (3)". *[Oxford Classical Dictionary](/source/Oxford_Classical_Dictionary)*. 3rd ed. Hornblower, Simon & Spawforth, Antony (eds.). pp. 952–3.

1. Garland, Robert (1992). *Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion*. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801427664.

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