Echecrates
In ancient Greece, Echecrates was the name of the following men:
- Echecrates of Thessaly, a military officer of Ptolemy IV Philopator, documented around 219–217 BC.
- A son of Demetrius the Fair (c. 285–250 BC) by Olympias of Larissa, and brother of Antigonus III Doson. He had a son named Antigonus after his uncle.[1]
- Three Pythagorean philosophers mentioned by Iamblichus:[2]
- A Locrian, one of those to whom Plato is said to have gone for instruction.[3] The name Caetus in Valerius Maximus[4] is perhaps an erroneous reading for Echecrates.
- A Tarentine, probably the same who is mentioned in Plato's Ninth Letter.
- Echecrates of Phlius, a contemporary with Aristoxenus the Peripatetic.[5]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Elder, Edward (1870). "Echecrates". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 2.