Agatharchus of Syracuse

Agatharchus of Syracuse

:"For the ancient historian who was sometimes called Agatharchus, see Agatharchides. For the Samian painter, see Agatharchus."Agatharchus (Gr. Ἀγάθαρχος) was a Syracusan who was placed by the Syracusans over a fleet of twelve ships in 413 BC, to visit their allies and harass the Athenians. He was afterwards, in the same year, one of the Syracusan commanders in the decisive battle fought in the city's harbor during the Battle of Syracuse. [Thucydides, vii. 25, 70] [Diodorus Siculus, xiii. 13] Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Agatharchus (1)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 61
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0070.html
]

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