Leontiscus

Leontiscus

(Λεοντίσκος), a son of Ptolemy Soter, by the celebrated Athenian courtezan, Thais. He was taken prisoner by Demetrius Poliorcetes in the great sea fight off Cyprus (B. C. 306), together with his uncle, Menelaus, but was immediately restored to his father without ransom. (Athen. 13.576; Just. 15.2.) [E.H.B]

Leontiscus

a painter of the Sicyonian school, contemporary with Aratus, whose portrait he painted, with a trophy (Plin. Nat. 35.11. s. 40.35). It seems almost idle to inquire which of the victories of Aratus this picture was intended to celebrate. Harduin quotes Plutarch (Plut. Arat. 38, fol.), as making it probable that the victory referred to was that over Aristippus, the tyrant of Argos. This would place the painter's date about B. C. 235. [P.S]

Leontiscus Leontiscus, Messenian of Sicily

• Olympic victor: Paus. 6.2.10, Paus. 6.4.3