Sosicrates of Rhodes (; ) was a Greek historical writer. He was born on the island of Rhodes and is noted, chiefly, for his frequent mention by Diogenes Laërtius in his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers,Diogenes Laërtius, i. 49, 68, 75, 88, 95, 101, 106, 107; ii. 84; vi. 13, 80 referencing Sosicrates as the sole authority behind such facts as Aristippus having written nothing.Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 84 It is inferred that Sosicrates flourished after Hermippus and before Apollodorus of Athens, and, therefore, sometime between 200 and 128 BC. Sosicrates is claimed to have penned A Succession of Philosophers, quoted by both AthenaeusAthenaeus, iv. 163 and Diogenes Laërtius.Diogenes Laërtius, i. 107; vi. 13, 80; viii. 8 Sosicrates also composed a work on the history of Crete,Strabo, x.; Athenaeus, vi. 261 though neither of the aforementioned works has survived.
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