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Ἀγαθοκλέα (Agathoklea)

Ἀγαθοκλέα is an Ancient Greek form of Ἀγαθοκλῆς, meaning “Agathokles — a Sicilian of such remarkable ability and energy, that he raised himself from the station of a… (and others of the name)”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 36 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae 31·3: … ιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν Σέλευκον ἐλεφαντάρχην τὸν δὲ Λυσίμαχον γαζοφύλακα τὸν δὲ Πτολεμαῖον ναύαρχον ἐκάλουν, τὸν δʼ Ἀγαθοκλέα νησιάρχην· οἱ δὲ πολλοί, κἂν ἐν ἀρχῇ τὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ φρόνιμον ἀπορρίψωσιν, ὕστερον καταμανθάνοντες τὴν ἀλήθεια …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.