Agathocles (
Greek: ) is a Greek name, the most famous of which is
Agathocles of Syracuse, the tyrant of Syracuse. The name is derived from , ''agathos'', i.e. "good" and , ''kleos'', i.e. "glory".
Other personalities named Agathocles:
*Agathocles, a sophist, teacher of
Damon
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Agathocles (writers)
Agathocles ( grc-gre, Ἀγαθοκλῆς; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek historian who wrote a history of Cyzicus () in the Ionic dialect. He is called by Athenaeus both a Babylonian and a Cyzican. He may originally have come from Babylon, a ...
, was the name of a number of ancient writers, including an ancient historian referred to by Pliny and Cicero
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Agathocles of Pella, father of Lysimachus
*Agathocles, one of the sons of Agathocles of Syracuse from his first marriage
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Agathocles (son of Lysimachus), the son and heir of Lysimachus
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Agathocles, grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse with his third wife Theoxena of Syracuse
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Agathocles of Egypt Agathocles ( grc-gre, Ἀγαθοκλῆς, flourished 3rd century BC, died 203/202 BC) was a Ptolemaic minister and together with his sister Agathoclea was very close to Egyptian king Ptolemy IV Philopator ().
Life
Agathocles through his father ...
, son of the above named Agathocles; guardian of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and brother of Agathoclea, mistress of Ptolemy IV Philopator
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Agathocles of Bactria, an Indo-Greek king who ruled about 185 BC
See also
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Agathocle '' Agathocle '' is the last dramatic tragedy by Voltaire. It was written by the 84-year-old author in 1777 almost simultaneously with the tragedy '' Irène'', only months before he died. It was not performed on the public stage until the first anni ...
'', a play by Voltaire
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Agathocles (band), a musical group
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Agafokliya Agafokliya (russian: Агафо́клия) is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 38 Russian Christian female first name.Superanskaya p. 251 It is derived from the Greek name Agathocles (feminine Agathocleia), itself derived from the Greek ...
, a related Russian feminine first name
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