atthidographer

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In ancient Greece, Atthidographers ({{langx|grc|Ἀτθιδογράφος}}, atthidographos) were local historians of Attica. They wrote histories of Athens called Atthides (singular: Atthis).{{cite book | title=The Story of Athens: The Fragments of the Local Chronicles of Attika | publisher=Routledge | author=Harding, Phillip | year=2007 | isbn=978-0415338097}} Atthidography is the best-attested genre of local history from the ancient Greek world,{{cite journal|last=Dillery|first=John|title=Greek Sacred History|journal=The American Journal of Philology|volume=126|issue=4|year=2005|page=507}} with fragments of more than fifty authors preserved.{{cite book|last=Harding|first=Phillip|editor-last=Marincola|editor-first=John|title=A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography|year=2007|chapter=Local History and Atthidography|publisher=Blackwell|location=Malden|page=181}}

The first Atthidographer was Hellanicus of Lesbos,{{cite book|last=Harding|first=Phillip|editor-last=Marincola|editor-first=John|title=A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography|year=2007|chapter=Local History and Atthidography|publisher=Blackwell|location=Malden|page=186}} and the first Athenian Atthidographer was Cleidemus.{{cite journal|last=Dillery|first=John|title=Greek Sacred History|journal=The American Journal of Philology|volume=126|issue=4|year=2005|page=508}} Other Atthidographers include Androtion, Phanodemos, Demon, and Melanthius.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Oxford Classical Dictionary |entry=Melanthius (3) |pages=952–3 |year=1996 |edition=3rd |editor-first1=Simon |editor-last1=Hornblower |editor-last2=Spawforth |editor-first2=Antony |first=Philip Edward |last=Harding }} The last Atthidographer was Philochorus.{{cite book | title=Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion | publisher=Cornell University Press | author=Garland, Robert | year=1992 | isbn=978-0801427664}} The genre in which these authors worked is referred to as Atthidography.