Agatharchus of Syracuse

Agatharchus
Agatharchus
Native name	Ἀγάθαρχος
Allegiance	Syracuse
Rank	Commander
Battles/wars	Battle of Syracuse

Agatharchus or Agatharch of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀγάθαρχος) was a Syracusan from Magna Graecia who was placed by the Syracusans over a fleet of twelve ships in 413 BC, to visit their allies and harass the Athenians. He was afterwards, in the same year, one of the Syracusan commanders in the decisive battle fought in the city's harbor during the Battle of Syracuse.[1][2][3]

Notes

Thucydides, vii. 25, 70
Diodorus Siculus, xiii. 13
Smith, William (1867), "Agatharchus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 61, archived from the original on 2011-05-14, retrieved 2007-12-30{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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[1] Thucydides, vii. 25, 70

[2] Diodorus Siculus, xiii. 13

[DGRBM-3] Smith, William (1867), "Agatharchus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 61, archived from the original on 2011-05-14, retrieved 2007-12-30{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)