Demo'sthenes
2. A Bithynian, wrote a history of his native country, of which the tenth book is quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium. (
s. vv. Κοσσός,
Μαυσωωλοί; comp.
s. vv. Τάρας,
Ταρσός,
Τευμησσός,
Ἀλεξανδρεία,
Ἀρτάκη; Etym. Mag.
s. v. Ἠραία.)
He further wrote an account of the foundations of towns (
κτίσεις), which is likewise several times quoted by Stephanus. Euphorion wrote a poem against this historian under the title of
Δημοσθένης, of which a fragment is still extant. (Bekker,
Anecdot. p. 1383; comp. Meineke,
de Euphorione, p 31.)