Agathocles

This article is about the name. For the band, seeAgathocles (band).

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

• Agathocle,a play by Voltaire
• Agafokliya,a related Russian feminine first name