About: Epicles

Epicles (Epiklês) (Ancient Greek: Ἐπικλῆς) was the name of several prominent Ancient Greeks: * Epicles, an Ancient Greek medical writer who lived after Bacchius, and therefore probably in the 2nd or 1st century BC. Epicles is quoted by Erotianus, who wrote a commentary on the obsolete words found in the writings of Hippocrates, which he arranged in alphabetical order. * Epicles of Troy, a Lycian or Trojan prince killed by Ajax. * Epicles of Hermione, a musician who played the lyre, mentioned by Plutarch. * Epicles, the eponymous archon of Athens of 131–130 BC * Epicles, the father of Proteas, an Athenian admiral in the Peloponnesian War, mentioned by Thucydides. * Epicles of Thespiae, mentioned on a dedication at Delphi. * Epicleas, a Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesian War.