Hermocrates
Sign in to saveHermocrates (; , c. 5th century – 407 BC) was an ancient Syracusan general from Greek Sicily during the Athenians' Sicilian Expedition in the midst of the Peloponnesian War. He is also remembered as a character in the Timaeus and Critias dialogues of Plato.
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- Military person.name
- Hermocrates
- Military person.native_name
- Ἑρμοκράτης
- Military person.image
- Ermocrate incisione su libro.PNG
- Military person.image_size
- 130
- Military person.birth_date
- unknown
- Military person.death_date
- c. 407 BC
- Military person.allegiance
- Syracuse
- Military person.battles
- Peloponnesian War Sicilian Expedition Battle of Cyzicus Sicilian Wars
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Syracuse
- Place of death
- Syracuse
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Peloponnesian War
- Military rank
- strategos
- Image
- Ermocrate di Siracusa.png
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- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of death
- 0407-00-00
- name in native language
- Ἑρμοκράτης
- significant place
- Syracuse
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Hermocrates (; , c. 5th century – 407 BC) was an ancient Syracusan general from Greek Sicily during the Athenians' Sicilian Expedition in the midst of the Peloponnesian War. He is also remembered as a character in the Timaeus and Critias dialogues of Plato.
==Life== The first historical reference to Hermocrates comes from Thucydides, where he appears at the congress of Gela in 424 BC giving a speech demanding the Sicilian Greeks stop their quarrelling and unite against the Athenians, who had been attacking the Sicilian cities for supporting Corinth.
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