Cephalion

(Κεφαλίων or Κεφαλαίων), an historian of the time of Hadrian. Works σύντομον ἱστορικόν

Cephalion wrote, besides other works, a σύντομον ἱστορικόν extending from the time of Ninus and Semiramis to that of Alexander the Great. It was written in the Ionic dialect, and was divided into nine books, called by the names of the Muses; and as in this he aped Herodotus, so he is reported to have aimed at resembling Homer by concealing his birth-place. Hadrian banished him to Sicily where this work was composed. Further Information

Suidas, s.v. Photius, Phot. Bibl. 68; Euseb. Chron i. p. 30; Syncell. p. 167; Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 262, ed. Westermann. [G.E.L.C]

(Κεφαλίων). A Greek writer, whose native country is unknown. Cephalion is said to have lived during the reign of Hadrian, and to have been exiled to Sicily for some offence given to the emperor. He wrote an abridgment of universal history (Σύντομος Ἱστορικός) from Ninus to the death of Alexander. It was in the Ionic dialect, like the work of Herodotus, and, like this also, was divided into nine books, each named after one of the Muses. He composed also rhetorical declamations. His works are lost.