---
title: Historical Fragments
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Euphantus of Olynthus
eul_wid: hmq-aa
eul_aid: hmq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/euphantus-olynthus-historical-fragments-hmq-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Historical Fragments

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Euphantus of Olynthus

**eul_wid:** `hmq-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/euphantus-olynthus-historical-fragments-hmq-aa)

## Text

### t1-2

ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΙ.

### 1

Diog. L. II, 141, de Menedemo Eretriense: Δοκεῖ δ’ ἐμβριθέστατα πρεσβεῦσαι πρὸς Δημήτριον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ὠρωποῦ, ὡς καὶ Εὔφαντος ἐν Ἱστορίαις μνημονεύει.

### 2.(t)

E LIBRO QUARTO.

### 2.(t)

Athenaeus VI: Εὔφαντος δ’ ἐν τετάρτῃ Ἱστοριῶν Πτολεμαίου φησὶ τοῦ τρίτου βασιλεύσαντος Αἰγύπτου κόλακα γενέσθαι Καλλικράτην, ὃς οὕτω δεινὸς ἦν, ὡς μὴ μόνον Ὀδυσσέως εἰκόνα ἐν τῇ σφραγῖδι περιφέρειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ὀνόματα θέσθαι Τη λέγονον καὶ Ἀντίκλειαν.

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