Nicostratus

American  

[nahy-kos-truh-tuhs] / naɪˈkɒs trə təs /

Or Nikostratos

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.

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Example Sentences

The full title of this church is "I Santi quattro Pittori Incoronati e i cinque Scultori Martiri," the names which the Church attributes to the painters being Severus, Severianus, Carpoforus, and Vittorinus; and those of the sculptors Claudius, Nicostratus, Sinforianus, Castorius, and Simplicius,—who all suffered for refusing to carve and paint idols for Diocletian.

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Then, too, there are blackbirds.—Nicostratus or Philetærus says— A. What then shall I buy?

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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.

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And this is mentioned by Nicostratus, in his Hierophant, and Archestratus the inventor of made dishes, whose testimony I will introduce at the proper season.

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And Nicostratus says, in his Sofa— Such was the size, O master, of the nastus, A large white loaf.

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