In ancient Greece, Atthidographers ( grc, Ἀτθιδογράφος, ''atthidographos'') were local historians of

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Se ...

. They wrote histories of Athens called ''Atthides'' (singular: ''Atthis''). Atthidography is the best-attested genre of local history from the ancient Greek world, with fragments of more than fifty authors preserved. The first Atthidographer was

Hellanicus of Lesbos Hellanicus (or Hellanikos) of Lesbos (Greek: , ''Ἑllánikos ὁ Lésvios''), also called Hellanicus of Mytilene (Greek: , ''Ἑllánikos ὁ Mutilēnaῖos'') was an ancient Greek logographer who flourished during the latter half of the 5th cen ...

, and the first Athenian Atthidographer was Cleidemus. Other Atthidographers include Androtion, Phanodemos, Demon, and Melanthios. The last Atthidographer was

Philochorus Philochorus of Athens (; grc, Φιλόχορος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC), was a Greek historian and Atthidographer of the third century BC, and a member of a priestly family. He was a seer and interpreter of signs, and a ...

. The genre in which these authors worked is referred to as Atthidography.

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