Nicostratus (philosopher)
Nicostratus may refer to: in fiction and mythology: * Nicostratus (mythology), a son of Menelaos by Helen of Troy or a slavewoman Persons with this name * Nicostratus (comic poet), son of Aristophanes, a poet of the Middle Comedy (4th century BC) * Nicostratus of Rhodes, a Rhodian commander in the 2nd century BC, companion of Agesilochus * Nicostratus of Acaia, strategos of the Achaean League in 198-187 BC * A saint converted by Saint Sebastian (see Mark and Marcellian) * One of the Four Crowned Martyrs The Four Crowned Martyrs or Four Holy Crowned Ones (Latin, ''Sancti Quatuor Coronati'') were nine individuals who are venerated as martyrs and saints of Early Christianity. The nine saints are divided into two groups: # Severus (or Secundius), S ...

Nicostratus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Nicostratus (Ancient Greek: Νικόστρατος) is a son of Menelaus, king of Mycenaean Sparta. He was known to Hesiod and epic poet Cinaethon. His name means 'Victorious Army' and suggests that his birth came after the Trojan War. Family Nicostratus' mother was either Menelaus' wife Helen of Troy, or a slave. Although in Homer's ''Odyssey'', the only child of Menelaus and Helen is Hermione, other sources also mention a son Nicostratus. The mythographer Apollodorus says that "Menelaus had by Helen a daughter Hermione and, according to some (''κατά τινας''), a son Nicostratus", while a scholia on Sophocles' ''Electra'' quotes Hesiod as saying "She elenbore Hermione to spear-famed Menelaus, and last of all she bore Nicostratus, scion of Ares". However, according to the geographer Pausanias, Nicostratus, and Megapenthes were sons of Menelaus by a slave, and because they were illegitimate, Agamemnon's son Orestes succeeded Menelaus as king of Spa ...
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Nicostratus (comic Poet)
Nicostratus (Νικόστρατος) was a Greek playwright of the Middle Comedy. He was said to be the youngest son of Aristophanes. Photius Photius I of Constantinople (, ''Phōtios''; 815 – 6 February 893), also spelled ''Photius''Fr. Justin Taylor, essay "Canon Law in the Age of the Fathers" (published in Jordan Hite, T.O.R., and Daniel J. Ward, O.S.B., "Readings, Cases, Mate ... claims that Nicostratus leaped from the Leucadian Rock due to an unrequited love for a woman named Tettigidaea () from Myrrinous and was "cured" of his love.Photius, Cod, 190, p. 153, ed. Bekk. Surviving titles and fragments The following twenty three titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survive of Nicostratus' work: * ''Favorite Slave'' * ''Female Love-Rival'' * ''Antyllus'' * ''Man Being Driven Away'' * ''Kings'' * ''The Accuser'' * ''Hecate'' * ''Hesiod'' * ''The Hierophant'' * ''The Bed'' * ''Laconians'' * ''The Cook'' * ''Oenopion'' * ''The Bird-Catcher'' * ''Pandarus' ...
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Aristophanes
Aristophanes (; ; ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek comedy, comic playwright from Classical Athens, Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving plays belong to the genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are considered its most valuable examples. Aristophanes' plays were performed at the religious festivals of Athens, mostly the City Dionysia and the Lenaia, and several of them won the first prize in their respective competitions. Also known as "The Father of Comedy" and "the Prince of Ancient Comedy", Aristophanes wrote plays that often dealt with real-life figures, including Euripides and Alcibiades, and contemporary events, such as the Peloponnesian War. He has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. His plays are characterized by preposterous premises, explicit language, wordplays, and political satire. His powers of ridicule ...
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Nicostratus Of Rhodes
Nicostratus may refer to: in fiction and mythology: * Nicostratus (mythology), a son of Menelaos by Helen of Troy or a slavewoman Persons with this name * Nicostratus (comic poet), son of Aristophanes, a poet of the Middle Comedy (4th century BC) * Nicostratus of Rhodes, a Rhodian commander in the 2nd century BC, companion of Agesilochus * Nicostratus of Acaia, strategos of the Achaean League in 198-187 BC * A saint converted by Saint Sebastian (see Mark and Marcellian) * One of the Four Crowned Martyrs The Four Crowned Martyrs or Four Holy Crowned Ones (Latin, ''Sancti Quatuor Coronati'') were nine individuals who are venerated as martyrs and saints of Early Christianity. The nine saints are divided into two groups: # Severus (or Secundius), S ...

Agesilochus
Agesilochus or Hegesilochus (), son of Hegesias, was the chief magistrate (or ''prytaneis'') of the Rhodians in the 2nd century BC. On the breaking out of the war between Rome and Perseus of Macedon in 171, he recommended his countrymen to support the side of the Romans. He also counseled Rhodes to enlarge its navy by 40 ships, to increase the city's battle-readiness for whatever course of action that might need to be taken. Seeing this, the Roman envoys Aulus Postumius and Tiberius Claudius returned to Rome confident of Rhodian support. In 169 Agesilochus was himself sent as ambassador to Rome, with a Nicagoras son of Nicander, to propose a license for Rhodes to import grain from the Roman dominions; according to Polybius, this proposal was apparently successful. In 168 he was one of the Rhodian envoys (along with Damon, Telephus and Nicostratus) sent to negotiate a peace with Perseus and Roman consul Aemilius Paullus in Macedonia.Polybius Polybius (; , ; ) was a Greek ...
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Nicostratus Of Acaia
The Achaean League () was a Hellenistic period, Hellenistic-era confederation of polis, Greek city-states on the northern and central Peloponnese. The league was named after the region of Achaea (ancient region), Achaea in the northwestern Peloponnese, which formed its original core. The first league was formed in the fifth century BC. Although the first Achaean League is much less well documented than its later revival, it maintained a recognizable federal structure through the early Hellenistic period, but later fell into a period of dormancy under growing Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonian influence. The more famous second Achaean League was established in 280 BC. As a rival of Antigonid Macedon and an ally of the Roman Republic, the league played a major role in the Macedonian Wars, expansion of Rome into Greece. This process eventually led to the League's conquest and dissolution by the Romans in 146 BC. The League represents the most successful attempt by the Greek city- ...
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Mark And Marcellian
Mark and Marcellian (Latin: ''Marcus et Marcellianus'') are martyrs venerated as saints by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Their cult is sometimes associated with that of Saints Tranquillinus, Martia, Nicostratus, Zoe, Castulus, and Tiburtius, though not in the official liturgical books of the Church, which mention only Mark and Marcellianus (in first place) among the saints for 18 June. Their mention in the General Roman Calendar on that date from before the time of the Tridentine calendar was removed in the 1969 revision, because nothing is known about them except their names, the fact of their martyrdom, and that they were buried on 18 June in the cemetery of Santa Balbina on the Via Ardeatina.''Calendarium Romanum'' Libreria Editrice Vaticana (1969), p. 127. Their legend states that they were martyred at Rome under the Emperor Diocletian towards the end of the third century, most likely in the year 286. They are mentioned in most of the ancient ma ...
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