Eupolemus
2. A Greek historian who lived previous to the Christian aera.
Works
Eupolemus wrote several works on the history of the Jews, of which the following are known by their titles:
1. Περὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ Βασιλέων
(Clem. Alex. Strom. i. pp. 146, 148.)
2. Περι τῆς Ἠλίου προφητείας
(Joseph. c. Apion. 1.23)
3. Περὶ τῶν τῆς Ἀσσυρίας Ἰουδαίων.
Eupolemus not Jewish
It has been supposed that Eupolemus was a Jew, but from the manner in which Josephus (l.c.) speaks of him, we must infer that he was not a Jew.
Further Information
Comp. Euseb. Praep. Evang. 10.17, 30; Hieronym. de illustr. Script. 38; Chron. Alexandr. pp. 148, 214; C. G. A. Kuhlney, Eupolemi fragmenta prolegom. et commentar. instructa, Berlin, 1840, 8vo.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.