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	Nicocreon
		Nicocreon (in Greek Nικoκρεων; lived 4th century BC) was king of Salamis in Cyprus, at the time of Alexander the Great's (336–323 BC) expedition against Persia.
		We know nothing of the fortunes of Nicocreon after this: but as no mention occurs of his name during the memorable siege of Salamis, by Demetrius Poliorcetes (306 BC), or the great sea-fight that followed it, it seems probable that he must have died before those events.
		The only personal anecdote transmitted to us of Nicocreon is his putting to death in a barbarous manner the philosopher Anaxarchus in revenge for an insult which the latter had offered him on the occasion of his visit to Alexander.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/Nicocreon.html (378 words)

	Anaxarchus
		The story that at Bactra in 327 BC in a public speech he advised all to worship Alexander as a god even during his lifetime, is with greater probability attributed to the Sicilian Cleon.
		It is said that Nicocreon[?], tyrant of Cyprus, commanded him to be pounded to death in a mortar, and that he endured this torture with fortitude; but the story is doubtful, having no earlier authority than Cicero in the first century BC.
		His philosophical doctrines are not known, though some have inferred from the epithet eudaimonikos ("fortunate"), usually applied to him, that he held the end of life to be eudaimonia.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Anaxarchus.html (189 words)

	Salamis, Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire, Ptolemy I of Egypt ruled the island of Cyprus.
		He forced the last king of Salamis, Nicocreon, who had been the Ptolemaic governor of the island, to commit suicide in 311 BCE, because he did not trust him any more.
		Nicocreon is supposed to be buried in one of the big tumuli near Enkomi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salamis,_Cyprus (665 words)

	Diogenes Laertius, Life of Anaxarchus, from Lives of the Philosophers, translated by C.D. Yonge
		He was a pupil of Diogenes, of Smyrna; but, as some say, of Metrodorus, of Chios; who said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing; and Metrodorus was a pupil of Nessus, of Chios; though others assert that he was a disciple of Democritus.
		And Nicocreon did not forget his grudge against him for this; but after the death of the king, when Anaxarchus, who was making a voyage, was driven against his will into Cyprus, he took him and put him in a mortar, and commanded him to be pounded to death with iron pestles.
		And then they say that he, disregarding this punishment, uttered that celebrated saying, "Beat the bag of Anaxarchus, but you will not beat Anaxarchus himself." And then, when Nicocreon commanded that his tongue should be cut out, it is said that he bit it off, and spit it at him.
	classicpersuasion.org /pw/diogenes/dlanaxarchus.htm (455 words)

	310 B.C. - events and references
		Demetrius leads a raid against Babylonia, during which he briefly gains control of one of the citadels of Babylon.
		Nicocles of Paphos and Nicocreon of Salamis may be two separate kings, but they are so confused by the ancient sources, that it is impossible to disentangle them.
		The philosopher Menedemus narrowly escapes punishment for his blunt remarks to Nicocreon.
	www.attalus.org /bc4/year310.html (416 words)

	CHAPTER - Ver. 1.
		The Targum paraphrases it to a sense quite the reverse, “as waters and as faces which are not like one to another, so the hearts of the children of men are not like one to another;” and to the same sense are the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions.
		Anaxarchus the philosopher was ordered by the tyrant Nicocreon to be pounded to death in a stone mortar with iron pestles f763, and which he endured with great patience.
		Be thou diligent to know the state of flocks, etc.] In what condition they are; what health they enjoy; how fat and fruitful they be; what pasturage they have; and that they want nothing fitting for them that can be had and is necessary; and also the number of them.
	www.godrules.net /library/gill/28gillpro27.htm (766 words)

	Anaxarchus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		known speech, 'Pound, pound the pouch containing Anaxarchus; ye pound not Anaxarchus.' and when Nicocreon commanded his tongue to...
		Plutarch tells a story that at Bactra, in 327 BC in a debate with Callisthenes, he advised all to worship Alexander as a god even during his lifetime, is with greater probability attributed to the Sicilian Cleon.
		Diogenes Laertius (Lives 9.10.3) also says that Nicocreon, the tyrant of Cyprus, commanded him to be pounded to death in a mortar, and that he endured this torture with fortitude and Cicero relates the same story.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Anaxarchus (338 words)

	Diogenes Laertius, Life of Menedemus, from Lives of the Philosophers, translated by C.D. Yonge
		And as he could not bear the extravagance of one man who used frequently to invite him to dinner, once when he was invited he did not say a single word, but admonished him of his extravagance in silence, by eating nothing but olives.
		On account then of the great freedom of speech in which he indulged, he was very near while in Cyprus, at the court of Nicocreon, being in great danger with his friend Asclepiades.
		In reference to which, when they were overtaken by a storm in a ship, they say that Asclepiades said, "that the fine playing of a flute-player had saved them, but the freedom of speech of Menedemus had ruined them.
	classicpersuasion.org /pw/diogenes/dlmenedemus.htm (1895 words)

	Rule of the Ptolemies & The Hellenistic Influences in Cyprus
		Alexander's heirs fought over Cyprus, a rich prize, for several years, but in 294 B.C. it was taken by Ptolemy I, one of Alexander's generals, who had established himself as satrap (and eventual king) of Egypt.
		He forced the last king of Salamis, Nicocreon, to commit suicide in 310 B.C., together with all his family; their cenotaph, a particularly fine specimen containing ornaments and clay effigies of the royal families, has been discovered at Salamis.
		For two and a half centuries Cyprus remained a Ptolemaic possession, ruled by a strategus, or governor- general.
	www.cypnet.com /.ncyprus/history/12.htm (211 words)

	Plutarch : ALEXANDER - Lyric dances and tragedies
		For the kings of Cyprus were here the exhibitors, just in the same manner as at Athens those who are chosen by lot out of the tribes.
		And, indeed, they showed the greatest emulation to outvie each other; especially Nicocreon, king of Salamis, and Pasicrates of Soli, who furnished the chorus, and defrayed the expenses of the two most celebrated actors, Athenodorus and Thessalus, the former performing for Pasicrates, and the latter for Nicocreon.
		Thessalus was most favored by Alexander, though it did not appear till Athenodorus was declared victor by the plurality of votes.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/plutarch_alexander_dance.asp (280 words)

	Photius: Bibliotheca. Codices 166-185 (selected)
		He speaks of Nicocreon, who conspired, was unmasked in a surprising fashion and fled.
		He recounts how Evagoras and his son Pnytagoras both slept with Nicocreon's surviving daughter, without knowing the other had done so.
		This was thanks to the offices that the eunuch Thrasydaios of Elis who managed in turn their liason with the girl.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/photius_copyright/photius_04bibliotheca.htm (11414 words)

	NORTH CYPRUS RENT A CAR: Famagusta More To See (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is supposed that this cenoteph has been built for the last king of the Salamis, Nicocreon.
		It is said that Nicocreon prefered to commit suicide with his family and burn the palace rather than surrender against the Ptolemaios army.
		Generally the structure have the classical ancient Greek architecture characteristics.
	www.bellapaisrental.com /NorthCyprusNicocreonMonument.html (88 words)

	Treasury of David Bible Commentary by Charles H. Spurgeon
		Zenon hearing news he had lost all he had by sea, said only thus, Thou hast done very well, Fortune, to leave me nothing but my cloak.
		Another, called Anaxarchus, when as Nicocreon the tyrant commanded he should be beaten to death in a mortar, spake thus to the executioner, Beat and bray as long as thou wilt Anaxarchus his bag or satchel (so he called his own body), but Anaxarchus thou canst not touch.
		Yet these, making so small reckoning of their goods and body, set their minds notwithstanding at a high rate.
	eword.gospelcom.net /comments/psalm/spurgeon/psalm32.htm (13191 words)

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