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
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- Ermocrate incisione su libro.PNG
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- 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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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==Life== The first historical reference to Hermocrates comes from Thucydides, where he appears at the congress of Gela in 424 BC giving a speech demanding the Sicilian Greeks stop their quarrelling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.