Agathocles

[ uh-gath-uh-kleez ]

/ əˈgæθ əˌkliz /

361–289 b.c., tyrant of Syracuse 317–289.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

But this, as the proverb has it,A fragment from the earlier history of Agathocles.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
For that Agathocles must have had fine natural qualities is evident from the narrative of Timaeus itself.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
Among these wives was Lanassa, the daughter of Agathocles, the king of Syracuse.
Pyrrhus|Jacob Abbott
One of the servants and flatterers of Agathocles, whose name was Philo, came out to the stadium still flustered with wine.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius

Such was the end of Agathocles and Agathocleia and their kinsfolk.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius