Lysicles (general)

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Lysicles (in Greek Λυσικλης; died 338 BC), one of the commanders of the Athenian army at the battle of Chaeronea, 338 BC, was subsequently condemned to death, upon the accusation of the orator Lycurgus.¹ The speech which Lycurgus delivered against Lysicles is referred to by Harpocration.²

References

• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, ["Lysicles (2)"], Boston, (1867)

Notes

¹ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, [xvi. 58], [88]

² Harpocration, Lexicon of the Ten Orators, s.vv. "epi Delio", "Lembadeia"

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).

 

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