Stesimbrotus
Στησίμβροτος
(Στησίμβροτος), of Thasos, a rhapsodist and historian in the time of Cimon and Pericles, who is mentioned with praise by Plato and Xenophon.
Works
On Homer
Stesimbrotus wrote a work upon Homer, the title of which is not known.
Historical Works
He also wrote some historical works, for he is frequently quoted by Plutarch as an authority.
On the Mysteries
There is also a quotation in the Etymologicum Magnum (s. v. Ἰδαῖοι) from a work of his on the mysteries, περὶ τελετῶν.
Further Information
Plat. Ion, p. 550c.; Xen. Mem. 4.2.10, Sympos. 3.5; Plut. Them. 2, 24, Cim. 4, 14, 16, Per. 8, 10, 13, 26, 36; Strab. x. p.472; Ath. xiii. p. 598. e.; Tatian. ad v. Graec. 48; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. i. pp. 524, 358, 512; Vossius, de Hist. Graec. pp. 43, 44, ed. Westermann.
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.