Agathocles
[uh-gath-uh-kleez]
- 361–289 b.c., tyrant of Syracuse 317–289.
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Agathocles hesitated and placed his fingers upon the patient's pulse.
The Lion's BroodDuffield Osborne
Among these wives was Lanassa, the daughter of Agathocles, the king of Syracuse.
PyrrhusJacob Abbott
Agathocles sent for them to come and aid him in some of his wars.
PyrrhusJacob Abbott
But the achievements of Agathocles can certainly not be ascribed to fortune.
But this, as the proverb has it,A fragment from the earlier history of Agathocles.