---
name: Melanthius the Historian
name_greek: Μελάνθιος ὁ Ἱστορικός
eul_aid: ekg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/melanthius-the-historian-ekg"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Melanthius the Historian

*Μελάνθιος ὁ Ἱστορικός*

**eul_aid:** `ekg` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/melanthius-the-historian-ekg)

Melanthius the Historian, a 4th century BCE Attic historian. Surviving works in original Greek. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Eleusinian Mysteries](https://eulogikon.org/works/melanthius-eleusinian-mysteries-ekg-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἐλευσινίων Μυστηρίων* · `ekg-aa`

## License and provenance

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