Abstract
Though Polybius is on occasion critical of the Rhodian historian Zeno, his detailed knowledge of Rhodian activities in Lycia, and her dealings with Philip V and Antiochus III, and with Rome, points to Polybius making significant use of Zeno's historical work. Diodorus' writings on the legendary Rhodian past are also likely to reflect Zeno's treatment of this early period, especially in relation to the cult of Lindian Athena, reflecting the importance of local traditions and myths in much Hellenistic historiography. Diodorus' account of Demetrius Poliorcetes' siege of Rhodes may likewise usefully be read as reflecting a lively and patriotic account of the siege in Zeno, in keeping with Polybius' critique of Zeno and Antisthenes as historians who were too partial when writing about Rhodian history.
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