comedy as a separate illustration, the Deliad can- | 339), but at a
subsequent
period, B.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
(Polyb.
iv.
probably at Ephesus, as Pliny mentions in imme- 31 ; Thirlwall, Hist. of Greece, vol. viii. p. 233,
diate connection with it the sepulchre of Megabyzus, &c. )
[C. P. M. ]
the priest of Diana, at Ephesus, as painted by NI'CO. [Nicon. ]
Nicias. Lastly, what appears to bave been his NICOBU'LA (N. Kobotan), a Greek lady, quoted
master-piece, a representation of the infernal regions by Athenaeus (x. p. 434, c. xii. p. 537, d. ),
as described by Homer (Nervia, Necromantia Ho though with some doubt (Nik. T ó dvadels taúrp
meri); this was the picture which Nicias refused tà ourypáupata), as the author of a work about
to sell to Ptoleniy, although the price offered for it Alexander the Great. In the MSS. of Pliny the
was sixty talents (Plutarch, loc. sup. cit. ): Pliny name Nicobulus is found, and Harduin (Index A uo-
tells the same story of Attalus, which is a manifest torum, vol. i. p. 63) supposes that he accompanied
anachronism. Plutarch also tells that Nicias was Alexander in his expeditions. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec.
80 absorbed in the work during its progress, that vol. iii. p. 47. )
[C. P. M. ]
he used often to have to ask his servants whether NICOBU'LUS, an Athenian who was involved
he had dined. From the above pictures, Pling dis- in a dispute arising out of some mine-property with
tinguishes the following as grandes picturas : Ca- a man named Pantaenetus, and was sued by him.
lypso, Io, Andromeda, an admirable Alexander The speech of Demosthenes against Pantaenetus
(Paris), and a sitting Calypso, in the porticoes of was written for him on this occasion. (Dem. Napa-
Pompey. Some pictures of animals were attributed wpaon apds lavtalvetov. ) (C. P. M. ]
to him : he was particularly happy in painting NICOBU'LUS, a friend and relative of Gre.
dogs.
gorius Nazianzenus. He was the author of a poem,
Pausanias (vii. 22. $ 4) gives a full description addressed to his son of the same name, in reply to
of his paintings in a tomb outside Tritaea in one written by Gregory, in which the latter had
Achaea.
begged him to allow his son to leave his native
There is an interesting passage in Demetrius country for the purpose of studying eloquence.
Phalereus (Eloc. 76), giving the opinion of Nicias The poem of Nicobulus is found amongst those of
respecting the art of painting, in which he insists Gregory, beginning Tékvov čuov, uúčovs modéwv
on the importance of choosing subjects of some Todéeis tà déplota. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ix.
magnitude, and not throwing away skill and labour p. 311. )
(C. P. M. )
on minute objects, such as birds and flowers. The NICOʻCHARES (N. kozápns), an Athenian
proper subjects for a painter, he says, are battles poet of the Old Comedy, the son of Philonides,
both on land and on sea ; in which the various also a comic poet. He was contemporary with
46 3
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1190
NICOCLES.
NICOCLES.
Aristophanes (Suidas, s. v. Nikozápns), and of the certainly incredible that had this been the case,
ward Kuoadhvalov (Steph. Byz. 8. v. Kuoanvalov). Isocrates should have addressed to him a long
If the conjecture of Böckh be correct (Corp. panegyric upon his father's virtues, in which he
Inscript. vol. i. p. 354), he was alive so far down also dwells particularly upon the filial piety of
as B. C. 354. The names of his plays, as enume- Nicocles, and the honours paid by him to the
rated by Suidas (l. c. ), are, 'Auuuuvn, Nénoy, memory of Eragoras (Isoc. Evag. init. ).
Γαλάτεια, Ηρακλής γαμών, Ηρακλής χορηγός, Scarcely any particulars are known of the
Κρήτες, Λακωνες, Λήμνιαι, Κένταυροι, Χειρογά- reign of Nicocles, but it appears to have been one
στορ€S. Meineke (Com. Graec. Irag. vol. i. of peace and prosperity. If we may trust the state-
p. 253) ingeniously conjectures that the two first ment of his panegyrist Isocrates (who addressed to
are but different names for the same comedy, from him two of his orations, and has made him the
the fact that néavy does not occur in its alpha- subject of another), he raised the cities under his
betical place, like the rest, and from the name rule to the most flourishing condition, replenished
Oenomaüs occurring in a quotation from the the treasury, which had been exhausted by his
'Auuuurn, given by Athenaeus (two lines, x. p. father's wars, without oppressing his subjects by ex-
426, e. ). Of the Galatea two small fragments are orbitant taxes, and exhibited in all respects the
preserved. (Pollux, x. 93 ; Schol. in Aristoph. model of a mild and equitable ruler (Isocr. Nicucl.
Plut. v. 179, 303. ) To " lleracles marrying," p. 32, &c. ). The same author extols him also
reference is made, Pollux vii. 40, x. 135. In the for his attachment to literature and philosophy
former passage the play is spoken of év 'Hpakaci (id. Erag. p. 207), of which he afforded an ad-
gauovuévą; this use of the verb, perhaps, like the ditional proof by rewarding Isocrates himself for
Latin nubo, indicating the hero's unhusband-like his panegyric with the magnificent present of
subjection to Omphale. And in the latter passage twenty talents (Vit. X. Orat. p. 838, a. ). The
the poet is spoken of thus : kata Nokóxapiv. of orator also praises him for the purity of his domestic
the Lucones, we learn from the Argument to the relations ; but we learn from Theopompus and
Plutus III. of Aristophanes, that it was represented Anaximenes (ap. Athen. xii. p. 531), that he was
B. C. 388, in competition with the Moutos B'. of a person of luxurious habits, and used to vie with
Aristophanes. Reference is made to it, Athen. xv. Straton, king of Sidon, in the splendour and refine-
p. 667, e. Of the Lemniae, the subject of which ment of his feasts and other sensual indulgences.
seems to have been the loves of Jason and Hyp- According to the same authorities he ultimately
sipyle, we have two lines preserved by Athenaeus perished by a violent death, but neither the period
(vii. p. 328, e. ). Other short fragments, but with nor circumstances of this event are recorded.
out the names of the plays, are preserved by The annexed coin may be safely assigned to this
Athenaeus (as i. p. 34, d. ), Pollux, and others. Nicocles. See Borrell, Notice sur quelques médailles
From these fragments we can only infer that he Grecques des Rois de Chypre, 4to. , Paris, 1836.
treated in the style of the Old Comedy-sometimes
rising into tragic dignity—the legends and local
traditions of his country, no doubt ridiculing the
peculiarities of the neighbouring states. (Mei-
neke, l. c. and vol. ii. p. 842 ; Athen. Suid. Steph.
Byz. U. cc. ; Clinton, F. H. vol. ii. pp. 42, 101;
Fabric. Bibl. Gruec. vol. ii. 471. )
Aristotle mentions (Art. Poet. ii. 7) one Nico-
chares as the author of a poem called the Anarás,
COIN OF NICOCLES, OP SALAMIS.
in which he represents men as worse than they
Whether the comic Nicochares be the 2. Prince or ruler of Paphos, in Cyprus, during
author or not, as Aristotle mentions this poem in the period which followed the death of Alexander.
connection with the parody of Hegemon, and, im- He was at first one of those who took part with
mediately after, expressly distinguishes between Ptolemy, the son of Lagus, against Antigonus
the characters represented in tragedy and in (Diod. xix. 59 ; Droysen, Hellenismus, vol. i. p.
comedy as a separate illustration, the Deliad can- | 339), but at a subsequent period, B. C. 310, after
not have been a comedy, as Fabricius (Bill. Graec. Ptolemy had established his power over the whole
vol. ii. p. 471) inadvertently states. Aeiniás, “ the island, Nicocles appears to have changed his views,
Poltroniad,” has been suggested as the probable and entered into secret negotiations with Antigonus.
name. But, looking at the practice of the comic Hereupon, the Egyptian monarch, alarmed lest the
poet to amuse himself with local peculiarities, it spirit of disaffection should spread to the other
seems probable enough that he wrote a satirical cities, immediately despatched two of his friends,
extravaganza on the inhabitants of Delos. (Aristot. Argaeus and Callicrates, to Cyprus, who surrounded
l. c. ; Twining's transl
. vol. i. p. 266, 2d ed. ; Mei- the palace of the unhappy prince with an armed
neke, Com. Graec. Fr. vol. i. p. 256 ; Fabric. Bibl. force, and commanded him to put an end to his own
Graec. I. c. )
[W. M. G. ) life, an order with which, after a vain attempt at
NICOCLES (Nikokañs), historical. 1. King explanation, he was obliged to comply. His ex-
of Salamis in Cyprus, was the son and successor of ample was followed by his wife Axiothea, as well
Evagoras I. Some authors have supposed that he as by his brothers and their wives, so that the
had participated in the conspiracy to which his father whole family of the princes of Paphos perished in
Evagoras fell a victim ; but there is no authority this catastrophe (Diod. xx. 21 ; Polyaen. viii. 48).
for this supposition, which has indeed been adopted Wesseling (ad Diod. l. c. ) has erroneously identified
only by way of explaining the strange error into this Nicocles with Nicocreon, king of Salamis
which Diodorus has fallen, who represents Nicocles [NICOCREON), from whom he is certainly distinct.
hineself as the eunuch by whom Evagoras was (See Droysen, vol. i. p. 404, not. ) A coin of this
assassinated (Diod. xv. 47, intpp. ad loc. ). It is prince, bearing the inscription NIKOKAEOTS
are
6
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inclina
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be ai312
Emmed.
Er 2 med stis
TADION, has been mentioned by Eckhel (vol. iii. | furnishing the theatrical exhibitions. (Plut. Alex.
p. 87).
29. ) After the death of Alexander he took part
3. Of Soli, son of Pasicrates, an officer in the with Ptolemy against Antigonus, and in B. c. 215,
army of Alexander, was appointed to the command we find him actively co-operating with Seleucus
of a trireme during the voyage down the Indus. and Menelaus, the generals of Ptolemy, in effecting
(Arr. Ind. 18. )
the reduction of those cities of Cyprus which had
4. An Athenian, who was put to death together espoused the opposite cause. In return for these
with Phocion (B. C. 318), to whom he had always services he subsequently obtained from Ptolemy
been attached by the warmest personal friendship: the territories of Citium, Lapethus, Ceryneia, and
on which account he begged as a last favour to be Marion, in addition to his own, and was entrusted
allowed to drink the poison before his illustrious with the chief command over the whole island.
friend, a request which Phocion unwillingly con- (Diod. xix. 59, 6:2, 79. ) We know nothing of the
ceded. (Plut. Phoc. 35, 36. )
fortunes of Nicocrcon after this : but as no mention
5. Tyrant of Sicyon, to which position he raised occurs of his name during the memorable siege of
himself by the murder of Pascas, who had suc- Salamis, by Demetrius (B. C. 306), or the great
ceeded his son Abantidas in the sovereign power sea-fight that followed it, it seems probable that he
(ABANTIDAS). Ile had reigned only four months, must have died before those events. The only
during which period he had already driven into personal anecdote transmitted to us of Nicocreon
exile eighty of the citizens, when the citadel of is his putting to death in a barbarous manner the
Sicyon (which had narrowly escaped falling into philosopher Anaxarchus in revenge for an insult
the hands of the Aetolians shortly before) was sur which the latter had offered him on the occasion
prised in the night by a party of Sicyonian exiles, of his visit to Alexander. (Cic. T'usc. ii. 22, de
headed by young Aratus. The palace of the tyrant Nat. Deor. iii. 33 ; Plut. de Virt. p. 449 ; Diog.
was set on fire, but Nicocles himself made his Laërt. ix. 59. )
escape by a subterranean passage, and fled from the 2. A Cyprian who formed a design against the
city. Of his subsequent foriunes we know nothing. life of Evagoras I. , king of Salamis: he was de
(Plut. Arat. 3—9; Paus. ii. 8 8 3; Cic. de off. tected and arrested, but subsequently escaped.
(Theopomp. gp. Phot. p. 120, a. ) [F, H. B. ]
6. A Syracusan, whose daughter was married to NICODA'MUS (Nikóðajos), a statuary of
Hieron I. , and became the mother of Deinomenes. Maenalus in Arcadia, made statues of the Olympic
(Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. i. 112. ) {E. H. B. ) victors Androsthenes, Antiochus, and Damoxeni-
NICOCLES (Nikokans), literary; 1. A comic das ; one of Athena, dedicated by the Eleians ;
writer mentioned by Athenaeus (viii. p. 327), and one of Hercules, as a youth, killing the
where, however, the name is incorrect, and should Nemean lion with his arrows, dedicated at Olympia
be altered into Timocles. (TIMOCLES. )
by Hippotion of Tarentum. (Paus. v. 6. § 1, 26,
2. A Lacedaemonian, was the teacher of gram- $ 5, vi. 6. Ø 1, 3. Ø 4, x. 25. 4. ) Since Andro
mar to the emperor Julian (Socrat. iii. 1). From sthenes conquered in the pancratium in the 90th
the words of Socrates we may infer that he was a Olympiad, B. c. 420 (Thuc. v. 49), the date of Nico-
Christian. This Nicocles is perhaps the same as damus may be placed about that time. (P. S. ]
the one mentioned in the Etymologicum Magnum NICODEMUS (N. kód nuos), historical. 1. A
(s. v. okáł04). Libanius (vol. i. p. 24) likewise tyrant of Centoripa in Sicily, who was driven out
mentions a rhetorician of Constantinople of this by Timoleon, B. c. 339. (Diod. xvi. 82. )
name. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. vi. p. 373; Wester- 2. An Athenian of the deme Aphidnae, a partizan
mann, Geschichte der Griechischen Beredtsamkeit, of Eubulus. He was murdered by Aristarchus,
$ 102, n. 1. )
(L. S. ] the son of Moschus. Demosthenes, for no other
NICO'CRATES (Nekokpátns). 1. A Cyprian reason apparently than that he was opposed to the
of this name collected an extensive library, in very party of Eubulus, was suspected of having been
early times. (Athen. i. p. 3, a. )
privy to the murder (Dem.
probably at Ephesus, as Pliny mentions in imme- 31 ; Thirlwall, Hist. of Greece, vol. viii. p. 233,
diate connection with it the sepulchre of Megabyzus, &c. )
[C. P. M. ]
the priest of Diana, at Ephesus, as painted by NI'CO. [Nicon. ]
Nicias. Lastly, what appears to bave been his NICOBU'LA (N. Kobotan), a Greek lady, quoted
master-piece, a representation of the infernal regions by Athenaeus (x. p. 434, c. xii. p. 537, d. ),
as described by Homer (Nervia, Necromantia Ho though with some doubt (Nik. T ó dvadels taúrp
meri); this was the picture which Nicias refused tà ourypáupata), as the author of a work about
to sell to Ptoleniy, although the price offered for it Alexander the Great. In the MSS. of Pliny the
was sixty talents (Plutarch, loc. sup. cit. ): Pliny name Nicobulus is found, and Harduin (Index A uo-
tells the same story of Attalus, which is a manifest torum, vol. i. p. 63) supposes that he accompanied
anachronism. Plutarch also tells that Nicias was Alexander in his expeditions. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec.
80 absorbed in the work during its progress, that vol. iii. p. 47. )
[C. P. M. ]
he used often to have to ask his servants whether NICOBU'LUS, an Athenian who was involved
he had dined. From the above pictures, Pling dis- in a dispute arising out of some mine-property with
tinguishes the following as grandes picturas : Ca- a man named Pantaenetus, and was sued by him.
lypso, Io, Andromeda, an admirable Alexander The speech of Demosthenes against Pantaenetus
(Paris), and a sitting Calypso, in the porticoes of was written for him on this occasion. (Dem. Napa-
Pompey. Some pictures of animals were attributed wpaon apds lavtalvetov. ) (C. P. M. ]
to him : he was particularly happy in painting NICOBU'LUS, a friend and relative of Gre.
dogs.
gorius Nazianzenus. He was the author of a poem,
Pausanias (vii. 22. $ 4) gives a full description addressed to his son of the same name, in reply to
of his paintings in a tomb outside Tritaea in one written by Gregory, in which the latter had
Achaea.
begged him to allow his son to leave his native
There is an interesting passage in Demetrius country for the purpose of studying eloquence.
Phalereus (Eloc. 76), giving the opinion of Nicias The poem of Nicobulus is found amongst those of
respecting the art of painting, in which he insists Gregory, beginning Tékvov čuov, uúčovs modéwv
on the importance of choosing subjects of some Todéeis tà déplota. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ix.
magnitude, and not throwing away skill and labour p. 311. )
(C. P. M. )
on minute objects, such as birds and flowers. The NICOʻCHARES (N. kozápns), an Athenian
proper subjects for a painter, he says, are battles poet of the Old Comedy, the son of Philonides,
both on land and on sea ; in which the various also a comic poet. He was contemporary with
46 3
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Partejes a esca
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posed to Persia,
s cestounded in
amsef sagests that she
artists of age mine.
:) Bet piedi 3 ***
croc'anire, no one OTSKI
it seren or eight caus
*** A pepe sarbe,
ܪ
persidiga bo se nam
33 : and insa L
Frits Antias ar dzis
exin as (rasl. 23
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1190
NICOCLES.
NICOCLES.
Aristophanes (Suidas, s. v. Nikozápns), and of the certainly incredible that had this been the case,
ward Kuoadhvalov (Steph. Byz. 8. v. Kuoanvalov). Isocrates should have addressed to him a long
If the conjecture of Böckh be correct (Corp. panegyric upon his father's virtues, in which he
Inscript. vol. i. p. 354), he was alive so far down also dwells particularly upon the filial piety of
as B. C. 354. The names of his plays, as enume- Nicocles, and the honours paid by him to the
rated by Suidas (l. c. ), are, 'Auuuuvn, Nénoy, memory of Eragoras (Isoc. Evag. init. ).
Γαλάτεια, Ηρακλής γαμών, Ηρακλής χορηγός, Scarcely any particulars are known of the
Κρήτες, Λακωνες, Λήμνιαι, Κένταυροι, Χειρογά- reign of Nicocles, but it appears to have been one
στορ€S. Meineke (Com. Graec. Irag. vol. i. of peace and prosperity. If we may trust the state-
p. 253) ingeniously conjectures that the two first ment of his panegyrist Isocrates (who addressed to
are but different names for the same comedy, from him two of his orations, and has made him the
the fact that néavy does not occur in its alpha- subject of another), he raised the cities under his
betical place, like the rest, and from the name rule to the most flourishing condition, replenished
Oenomaüs occurring in a quotation from the the treasury, which had been exhausted by his
'Auuuurn, given by Athenaeus (two lines, x. p. father's wars, without oppressing his subjects by ex-
426, e. ). Of the Galatea two small fragments are orbitant taxes, and exhibited in all respects the
preserved. (Pollux, x. 93 ; Schol. in Aristoph. model of a mild and equitable ruler (Isocr. Nicucl.
Plut. v. 179, 303. ) To " lleracles marrying," p. 32, &c. ). The same author extols him also
reference is made, Pollux vii. 40, x. 135. In the for his attachment to literature and philosophy
former passage the play is spoken of év 'Hpakaci (id. Erag. p. 207), of which he afforded an ad-
gauovuévą; this use of the verb, perhaps, like the ditional proof by rewarding Isocrates himself for
Latin nubo, indicating the hero's unhusband-like his panegyric with the magnificent present of
subjection to Omphale. And in the latter passage twenty talents (Vit. X. Orat. p. 838, a. ). The
the poet is spoken of thus : kata Nokóxapiv. of orator also praises him for the purity of his domestic
the Lucones, we learn from the Argument to the relations ; but we learn from Theopompus and
Plutus III. of Aristophanes, that it was represented Anaximenes (ap. Athen. xii. p. 531), that he was
B. C. 388, in competition with the Moutos B'. of a person of luxurious habits, and used to vie with
Aristophanes. Reference is made to it, Athen. xv. Straton, king of Sidon, in the splendour and refine-
p. 667, e. Of the Lemniae, the subject of which ment of his feasts and other sensual indulgences.
seems to have been the loves of Jason and Hyp- According to the same authorities he ultimately
sipyle, we have two lines preserved by Athenaeus perished by a violent death, but neither the period
(vii. p. 328, e. ). Other short fragments, but with nor circumstances of this event are recorded.
out the names of the plays, are preserved by The annexed coin may be safely assigned to this
Athenaeus (as i. p. 34, d. ), Pollux, and others. Nicocles. See Borrell, Notice sur quelques médailles
From these fragments we can only infer that he Grecques des Rois de Chypre, 4to. , Paris, 1836.
treated in the style of the Old Comedy-sometimes
rising into tragic dignity—the legends and local
traditions of his country, no doubt ridiculing the
peculiarities of the neighbouring states. (Mei-
neke, l. c. and vol. ii. p. 842 ; Athen. Suid. Steph.
Byz. U. cc. ; Clinton, F. H. vol. ii. pp. 42, 101;
Fabric. Bibl. Gruec. vol. ii. 471. )
Aristotle mentions (Art. Poet. ii. 7) one Nico-
chares as the author of a poem called the Anarás,
COIN OF NICOCLES, OP SALAMIS.
in which he represents men as worse than they
Whether the comic Nicochares be the 2. Prince or ruler of Paphos, in Cyprus, during
author or not, as Aristotle mentions this poem in the period which followed the death of Alexander.
connection with the parody of Hegemon, and, im- He was at first one of those who took part with
mediately after, expressly distinguishes between Ptolemy, the son of Lagus, against Antigonus
the characters represented in tragedy and in (Diod. xix. 59 ; Droysen, Hellenismus, vol. i. p.
comedy as a separate illustration, the Deliad can- | 339), but at a subsequent period, B. C. 310, after
not have been a comedy, as Fabricius (Bill. Graec. Ptolemy had established his power over the whole
vol. ii. p. 471) inadvertently states. Aeiniás, “ the island, Nicocles appears to have changed his views,
Poltroniad,” has been suggested as the probable and entered into secret negotiations with Antigonus.
name. But, looking at the practice of the comic Hereupon, the Egyptian monarch, alarmed lest the
poet to amuse himself with local peculiarities, it spirit of disaffection should spread to the other
seems probable enough that he wrote a satirical cities, immediately despatched two of his friends,
extravaganza on the inhabitants of Delos. (Aristot. Argaeus and Callicrates, to Cyprus, who surrounded
l. c. ; Twining's transl
. vol. i. p. 266, 2d ed. ; Mei- the palace of the unhappy prince with an armed
neke, Com. Graec. Fr. vol. i. p. 256 ; Fabric. Bibl. force, and commanded him to put an end to his own
Graec. I. c. )
[W. M. G. ) life, an order with which, after a vain attempt at
NICOCLES (Nikokañs), historical. 1. King explanation, he was obliged to comply. His ex-
of Salamis in Cyprus, was the son and successor of ample was followed by his wife Axiothea, as well
Evagoras I. Some authors have supposed that he as by his brothers and their wives, so that the
had participated in the conspiracy to which his father whole family of the princes of Paphos perished in
Evagoras fell a victim ; but there is no authority this catastrophe (Diod. xx. 21 ; Polyaen. viii. 48).
for this supposition, which has indeed been adopted Wesseling (ad Diod. l. c. ) has erroneously identified
only by way of explaining the strange error into this Nicocles with Nicocreon, king of Salamis
which Diodorus has fallen, who represents Nicocles [NICOCREON), from whom he is certainly distinct.
hineself as the eunuch by whom Evagoras was (See Droysen, vol. i. p. 404, not. ) A coin of this
assassinated (Diod. xv. 47, intpp. ad loc. ). It is prince, bearing the inscription NIKOKAEOTS
are
6
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NICOCREON.
1191
NICODEMUS.
inclina
1 pas
IS TORTU
ji. 23. )
be ai312
Emmed.
Er 2 med stis
TADION, has been mentioned by Eckhel (vol. iii. | furnishing the theatrical exhibitions. (Plut. Alex.
p. 87).
29. ) After the death of Alexander he took part
3. Of Soli, son of Pasicrates, an officer in the with Ptolemy against Antigonus, and in B. c. 215,
army of Alexander, was appointed to the command we find him actively co-operating with Seleucus
of a trireme during the voyage down the Indus. and Menelaus, the generals of Ptolemy, in effecting
(Arr. Ind. 18. )
the reduction of those cities of Cyprus which had
4. An Athenian, who was put to death together espoused the opposite cause. In return for these
with Phocion (B. C. 318), to whom he had always services he subsequently obtained from Ptolemy
been attached by the warmest personal friendship: the territories of Citium, Lapethus, Ceryneia, and
on which account he begged as a last favour to be Marion, in addition to his own, and was entrusted
allowed to drink the poison before his illustrious with the chief command over the whole island.
friend, a request which Phocion unwillingly con- (Diod. xix. 59, 6:2, 79. ) We know nothing of the
ceded. (Plut. Phoc. 35, 36. )
fortunes of Nicocrcon after this : but as no mention
5. Tyrant of Sicyon, to which position he raised occurs of his name during the memorable siege of
himself by the murder of Pascas, who had suc- Salamis, by Demetrius (B. C. 306), or the great
ceeded his son Abantidas in the sovereign power sea-fight that followed it, it seems probable that he
(ABANTIDAS). Ile had reigned only four months, must have died before those events. The only
during which period he had already driven into personal anecdote transmitted to us of Nicocreon
exile eighty of the citizens, when the citadel of is his putting to death in a barbarous manner the
Sicyon (which had narrowly escaped falling into philosopher Anaxarchus in revenge for an insult
the hands of the Aetolians shortly before) was sur which the latter had offered him on the occasion
prised in the night by a party of Sicyonian exiles, of his visit to Alexander. (Cic. T'usc. ii. 22, de
headed by young Aratus. The palace of the tyrant Nat. Deor. iii. 33 ; Plut. de Virt. p. 449 ; Diog.
was set on fire, but Nicocles himself made his Laërt. ix. 59. )
escape by a subterranean passage, and fled from the 2. A Cyprian who formed a design against the
city. Of his subsequent foriunes we know nothing. life of Evagoras I. , king of Salamis: he was de
(Plut. Arat. 3—9; Paus. ii. 8 8 3; Cic. de off. tected and arrested, but subsequently escaped.
(Theopomp. gp. Phot. p. 120, a. ) [F, H. B. ]
6. A Syracusan, whose daughter was married to NICODA'MUS (Nikóðajos), a statuary of
Hieron I. , and became the mother of Deinomenes. Maenalus in Arcadia, made statues of the Olympic
(Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. i. 112. ) {E. H. B. ) victors Androsthenes, Antiochus, and Damoxeni-
NICOCLES (Nikokans), literary; 1. A comic das ; one of Athena, dedicated by the Eleians ;
writer mentioned by Athenaeus (viii. p. 327), and one of Hercules, as a youth, killing the
where, however, the name is incorrect, and should Nemean lion with his arrows, dedicated at Olympia
be altered into Timocles. (TIMOCLES. )
by Hippotion of Tarentum. (Paus. v. 6. § 1, 26,
2. A Lacedaemonian, was the teacher of gram- $ 5, vi. 6. Ø 1, 3. Ø 4, x. 25. 4. ) Since Andro
mar to the emperor Julian (Socrat. iii. 1). From sthenes conquered in the pancratium in the 90th
the words of Socrates we may infer that he was a Olympiad, B. c. 420 (Thuc. v. 49), the date of Nico-
Christian. This Nicocles is perhaps the same as damus may be placed about that time. (P. S. ]
the one mentioned in the Etymologicum Magnum NICODEMUS (N. kód nuos), historical. 1. A
(s. v. okáł04). Libanius (vol. i. p. 24) likewise tyrant of Centoripa in Sicily, who was driven out
mentions a rhetorician of Constantinople of this by Timoleon, B. c. 339. (Diod. xvi. 82. )
name. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. vi. p. 373; Wester- 2. An Athenian of the deme Aphidnae, a partizan
mann, Geschichte der Griechischen Beredtsamkeit, of Eubulus. He was murdered by Aristarchus,
$ 102, n. 1. )
(L. S. ] the son of Moschus. Demosthenes, for no other
NICO'CRATES (Nekokpátns). 1. A Cyprian reason apparently than that he was opposed to the
of this name collected an extensive library, in very party of Eubulus, was suspected of having been
early times. (Athen. i. p. 3, a. )
privy to the murder (Dem.
