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name: Philistus of Syracuse
name_greek: Φίλιστος ὁ Συρακούσιος
eul_aid: drk
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/philistus-of-syracuse-drk"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic (frg)
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Philistus of Syracuse

*Φίλιστος ὁ Συρακούσιος*

**eul_aid:** `drk` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/philistus-of-syracuse-drk)

Philistus of Syracuse, a 5th-4th century BCE Greek historian. His surviving works are in fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments of Sicilian Histories](https://eulogikon.org/works/philistus-syracuse-sicilian-histories-drk-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα τῶν Σικελικῶν Ἱστοριῶν* · `drk-aa`

## License and provenance

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