Neocles

Nĕocles, is and i, m., = Νεοκλῆς.

• The father of Themistocles, Nep. Them. 1, 1 sq.—Hence,
• • B Nĕōclīdes, ae, m., the descendant of Neocles, i.e. Themistocles, Ov. P. 1, 3, 69.—
• II The father of Epicurus, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72.—
• III A painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 146.

Neoclēs, is u. ī, m. (Νεοκλης), Neokles, der Vater des Themistokles, Nep. Them. 1, 1 sq. (wo Genet. Neocli). – Dav. Neoclīdēs, ae, m. (Νεοκλείδης), der Neoklide (Sohn des Neokles), v. Themistokles, Ov. ex Pont. 1, 3, 69.

Nĕŏclēs, (15) is, ou ī, m. (Νεοκλῆς), père de Thémistocle : Nep. Them. 1, 1 || père du platonicien Pamphile : Cic. Nat. 1, 72 || nom dʼun peintre : Plin. 35, 146.

Neocles

(Νεοκλῆς), historical.

1. The father of Themistocles, was an Athenian of distinguished rank, connected with the priestly house of the Lycomedae (Plut. Them. i. p. 111; Hdt. 7.173).

Neocles

2. A son of Themistocles and Archippe, who was killed while yet a boy by the bite of a horse. (Plut. Them. p. 128b.) [C.P.M]

Neocles

literary.

1. An Athenian, the father of Epicurus, was one of the cleruchi (agri-peta, as Cicero, de Nat. Deor. 1.26, calls him) sent to Samos after its conquest in the time of Pericles. Not finding his land sufficient for his maintenance, he set up a school. (Strab. xiv. p.638; D. L. 10.1.)

Neocles

2. Brother of Epicurus, wrote an account of the sect of the Epicureans, which is lost. He was the author of the maxim λάθε Βιώσας, upon which Plutarch wrote a small essay. (Plut. Non Suau. Vivi Sec. Epic. pp. 1089, 1128, &c.; Suidas, s. v. Νεοκλῆς; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 608.)

Neocles

3. A native of Crotona, from whom Athenaeus (ii. p. 57f.) quotes, to the effect that the egg from which Helena was produced fell from the moon, the women there being oviparous. [C.P.M]

Neocles

painter. [Xenon.]

Neocles Neocles, an Athenian

• father of Themistocles: Paus. 8.52.2, Hdt. 7.143

Neocles(2), Boeotarch at Thebes

• Paus. 9.1.6
• captures Plataea: Paus. 9.1.6ff.