Sosicrates of Rhodes (Greek: Σωσικράτης) (floruit c. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly 180 BC) was a Greek historical writer. Events By place Greece After three years of intriguing against his younger brother Demetrius including accusing him of coveting the succession to The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Sosicrates was born on the island Rhodes and is noted, chiefly, for his frequent mention by Diogenes Lærtius in his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers—referencing Sosicrates as the sole authority behind such facts as Aristippus having written nothing. Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island Diogenes Laërtius ( Greek:, Diogénes Laértios) the biographer of the Greek Philosophers, is supposed by some to have received his surname Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων is a biography of the Greek philosophers Aristippus (Ἀρίστιππος of Cyrene, (c 435-c 356 BCE was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of Philosophy It is inferred that Sosicrates flourished after Hermippus and before Apollodorus, and, therefore, sometime between 200 and 128 BC. Hermippus was the one-eyed Athenian writer of the Old Comedy who flourished during the Peloponnesian War. Events By place Seleucid Empire Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of Coele Syria and Palestine. Sosicrates is claimed to have penned Succession of the Philosophers; granted the work is quoted by both Athenaeus and Diogenes Lærtius. Athenaeus ( Ancient Greek - Athếnaios Naukratios Latin Athenaeus Naucratita of Naucratis in Egypt Greek rhetorician and grammarian flourished It is also claimed that Sosicrates composed a piece on the history of Crete—though, quite manifestly, neither of the aforementioned works have survived. Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the