Nicostratus
Americannoun
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“There’s nobody who’s happy in all things,” according to Nicostratus, paraphrasing Euripides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
In the second division, where the Argive mercenaries served, the Greek leader was Nicostratus, the Persian Aristazanes, a court usher, and one of the most trusted friends of the king.
From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George
And Nicostratus says, in his Sofa— Such was the size, O master, of the nastus, A large white loaf.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
But Nicostratus or Philetærus says, in the Antyllus—I never again will venture to eat cuttle-fish which has been dressed in a frying-pan.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
The next day the Athenian general, Nicostratus, son of Diitrephes, came up from Naupactus with twelve ships and five hundred Messenian heavy infantry.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
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