---
name: Agathon of Samos
name_greek: Ἀγάθων ὁ Σάμιος
eul_aid: dca
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/agathon-of-samos-dca"
period: Classical
dialect: Ionic (frg)
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Agathon of Samos

*Ἀγάθων ὁ Σάμιος*

**eul_aid:** `dca` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/agathon-of-samos-dca)

Agathon of Samos was a 5th century BCE historian. His surviving historical fragments are preserved. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Scythian and Egyptian Histories](https://eulogikon.org/works/agathon-samos-scythian-egyptian-histories-dca-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `dca-aa`

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