Sosylus of Lacedaemon

Sosylus of Lacedaemon was a Greek historian in the 3rd century BC. A contemporary of Hannibal, he accompanied him during the Second Punic War and is the author of the Deeds of Hannibal, a lost historical work of seven volumes; only fragments of the work are known.[1] Sosylus taught Hannibal Greek.[2]

It is possible that Polybios may have used material from Sosylus' history for his writing about Hannibal in The Histories.[3]

References

1. Sosylus, in Fragmente der griechischen Historiker (Fragments of Greek Historians) by Felix Jacoby
2. Dexter Hoyos. A Companion to the Punic Wars. John Wiley & Sons (2011). p. 100.
3. Jona Lendering (April 6, 2016). "Hannibal in the Alps". Livius.org. Retrieved April 7, 2016.