Agathocles

Agathocles (Greek name Ἀγαθοκλῆς (Agathokles): derived from αγαθός (agathos) good and κλέος (kleos) glory) is a Greek name; the following personalities were named Agathocles:

• Agathocles, a sophist, teacher of Damon
• Agathocles (writers), was the name of a number of ancient writers, including an ancient historian referred to by Pliny and Cicero
• Agathocles of Pella, father of Lysimachus
• Agathocles of Syracuse, the tyrant of Syracuse
• Agathocles, one of the sons of Agathocles of Syracuse from his first marriage
• Agathocles (son of Lysimachus), the son and heir of Lysimachus
• Agathocles, grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse with his third wife Theoxena of Syracuse
• Agathocles of Egypt, son of the above named Agathocles; guardian of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and brother of Agathoclea, mistress of Ptolemy IV Philopator
• Agathocles of Bactria, an Indo-Greek king who ruled about 185 BC

It is also the name of:

• Agathocles (band), a grindcore band