Jump to content

Autolycus (areopagite)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cplakidas (talk | contribs) at 18:45, 6 July 2018 (-Category:Ancient Athenians; ±Category:4th-century BC Greek peopleCategory:4th-century BC Athenians using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Autolycus (Greek: Αὐτόλυκος; fl. 4th century BC) was an Athenian areopagite who was accused by the orator Lycurgus on account of removing his wife and children from Athens after the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC and was condemned by the judges. The speech of Lycurgus against Autolycus was extant in the time of Harpocration, but has not come down to us.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Lycurg. c. Leocr. p. 177, ed. Reiske; Harpocrat.; Plut. Vit. X. Orat. p. 843, c. d.) (cited in Smith)

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Autolycus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 447.