Acestorides

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Acestorides (Greek Ακεστορίδης) is the name of several people from Classical history:

• Acestorides of Corinth (fl. 4th century BC) was a native of Corinth made supreme commander by the citizens of the Sicilian polis of Syracuse in 317 BC and banished Agathocles from the city.^[1][2]

• Another Acestorides, whose date is unknown, wrote four books of mythical stories relating to every city (των κατά πόλιν μυθικων). In these he gave many real historical accounts, as well as those which were merely fantastical, but he entitled them μυθικά ("myths") to avoid calumny and to indicate the pleasant nature of the work. It was compiled from Conon, Apollodorus, Protagoras and others.^[3][4][2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Diodorus, xix. 5, pag. 12
2. ^ ^{a b} Smith, William (1867), “Acestorides (1) and (2)”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, pp. 7-8 
3. ^ Phot. Bibl. cod. 189
4. ^ Tzetz. Chil. vii. 144

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).