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Xenocrates
(2,016 words)

(Ξενοκράτης/Xenokrátēs).

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[1] X. of Acragas, mentioned by Pindar, c. 500 BC

Brother of the tyrant Theron of Acragas. Pind. Pyth. 6 refers to X.' victory in chariot-racing at the Pythian Games (Pythia [2]) in 490 BC, and Pind. Isthm. 2 to his charioteering victory at the Isthmian Games (Isthmia) in c. 470 BC. Th…

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Meister, Klaus (Berlin), Stanzel, Karl-Heinz (Tübingen), Zimmermann, Bernhard (Freiburg), Neudecker, Richard (Rome), Hünemörder, Christian (Hamburg) and Touwaide, Alain (Madrid), “Xenocrates”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e12212900>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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