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Agathocles(Greek:Ἀγαθοκλῆς) is a Greek name. The most famous person called Agathocles wasAgathocles of Syracuse,the tyrant of Syracuse. The name is derived fromAncient Greek:ἀγαθός,romanized:agathos,lit. 'good' andAncient Greek:κλέος,romanized:kleos,lit. 'glory'.
Other people named Agathocles include:
- Agathocles, a sophist, teacher ofDamon
- Agathocles (writers),was the name of a number of ancient writers, including an ancient historian referred to by Pliny and Cicero
- Agathocles of Pella,father of Lysimachus
- Agathocles, one of the sons of Agathocles of Syracuse from his first marriage
- Agathocles (son of Lysimachus),the son and heir of Lysimachus
- Agathocles,grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse with his third wife Theoxena of Syracuse
- Agathocles of Egypt,son of the above named Agathocles; guardian of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and brother of Agathoclea, mistress of Ptolemy IV Philopator
- Agathocles of Bactria,an Indo-Greek king who ruled about 185 BC
- Agathocles of Samos,a Greek writer. He wrote at least one book, which was calledCommonwealth ofPessinusand mentioned byPseudo-Plutarch
See also
edit- Agathocle,a play by Voltaire
- Agafokliya,a related Russian feminine first name
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