Agathocles of Syracuse
Duris was the author of a narrative history of events in Greece and Macedonia from the battle of Leuctra (371BC) down to the death of Lysimachus (281BC). This work, like all his others, is lost; over thirty fragments are known through quotations by other authors, including Plutarch. It was continued in the "Histories" of Phylarchus. Other works by Duris included a life of Agathocles of Syracuse, which was a source for books 19-21 of the "Historical Library" of Diodorus Siculus. Duris also wrote historical annals of Samos arranged according to the lists of the priests of Hera; and a number of treatises on literary and artistic subjects.