Archagathus (disambiguation)
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Archagathus was an ancient well-attested local Greek
name in Sicily
and can refer to:
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
name in Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
and can refer to:
- Archagathus (son of Agathocles of Syracuse)Archagathus (son of Agathocles of Syracuse)For others of this name see Archagathus Archagathus was a Syracusan Greek Prince.Archagathus was a son of Agathocles of Syracuse and had a brother also called, Agathocles. His father was the Greek Tyrant of Syracuse who later became King of Sicily...
(flourished 4th century BC), a Syracusan Greek Prince and first son of Agathocles of Syracuse - Archagathus (grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse)Archagathus (grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse)For others of this name see Archagathus Archagathus was a Syracusan Greek Prince.Archagathus was the son of Archagathus by unnamed wife, being a paternal grandson of the Sicilian Greek King Agathocles of Syracuse from his first wife....
(flourished 4th century BC), a Syracusan Greek Prince, son to the above named and grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse - Archagathus of LibyaArchagathus of LibyaFor others of this name see Archagathus Archagathus was a Syracusan Greek Prince and was a Ptolemaic Official.-Family Background:Archagathus was a man of Sicilian origin and his name was a well-attested local Greek name in Sicily...
(flourished 4th century BC & 3rd century BC), a Syracusan Greek Prince and a posthumous paternal half-brother to the first named Archagathus. He was the third son of Agathocles of Syracuse from his third wife Theoxena of SyracuseTheoxena of SyracuseFor others of this name see Theoxena Theoxena was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman. Through her mother’s second marriage, she was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and through marriage was a Queen of Sicily.... - Caecilius of CalacteCaecilius of CalacteFor others of this name see Archagathus Caecilius, of Calacte in Sicily, Greek rhetorician, flourished at Rome during the reign of Augustus....
, originally called Archagathus a Silcian Jew rhetoricRhetoricRhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
ian that lived during the reign of the first Roman Emperor Augustus