See also:

• AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)  , See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant of See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Thermae Himeraeae (mod . Termini Imerese) in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . The son of a See also:

• POTTER, ALONZO (1800-1865)
• POTTER, HENRY CODMAN (1835–1908)
• POTTER, J
• POTTER, JOHN (c. 1674-1747)
• POTTER, PAUL (1625—1654)
• POTTER, PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLEY (1792—1871)

potter who had removed to Syracuse, he learned his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, but afterwards entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . In 333 he married the widow of his See also:

• PATRON

patron Damas, a distinguished and wealthy See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen . He was twice banished for attempting to overthrow the oligarchical party in Syracuse (q.v.) ; in 317 he returned with an army of mercenaries under a See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath to observe the democratic constitution which was then set up . Having banished or murdered some 1o,00o citizens, and thus made himself See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of Syracuse, he created a strong army and See also:

• FLEET

fleet and subdued the greater See also:

• PART

part of Sicily . See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War with See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage followed . In 310 See also:

• AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles, defeated and besieged in Syracuse, took the desperate resolve of breaking through the See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade and attacking the enemy in See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . After several victories he was at last completely defeated (306) and fled secretly to Sicily . After concluding See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with Carthage, Agathocles styled himself See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Sicily, and established his See also:

• RULE

rule over the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek cities of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island more firmly than ever . Even in his old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he displayed the same restless See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, and is said to have been meditating a fresh attack on Carthage at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his See also:

• DEATH

death . His last years were harassed by See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health and the turbulence of his See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson Archagathus, at whose instigation he is said to have been poisoned; according to others, he died a natural death .

He was a born See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of mercenaries, and, although he did not shrink from See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty to gain his ends, he afterwards showed himself a mild and popular "tyrant." See See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin xxii., See also:

• XXIII

xxiii.; Diodorus Siculus xix., xxi., xxii . (follows generally See also:

• TIMAEUS (c. 345—c. 250 B.e.)

Timaeus who had a See also:

• SPECIAL

special grudge against Agathocles) ; See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius ix . 23; See also:

• SCHUBERT, FRANZ PETER (1797-1828)

Schubert, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Agathokles (1887); See also:

• GROTE, GEORGE (1794–1871)

Grote, See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, ch . 97 ; also SICILY, History . modelled on that of See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides . See H . Leopoldi, De Agatharchide Cnidio Dissertatio (1892) ; C . W . See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, iii., and See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

Geography Graeci Minores, i.; E . H . See also:

• BUNBURY
• BUNBURY, HENRY WILLIAM (1750-1811)

Bunbury, Hist. of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Geography, ii . (1879) .