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Hamilcar (Carthaginian besieger of Syracuse)

Hamilcar

also: Hamilcarem Karthaginiensem

Carthaginian commander besieging Syracuse who dreamed he would dine there the next day; a mutiny let the Syracusans seize him alive, fulfilling the dream ironically. Recorded in the history of Agathocles (De Divinatione 1.50).

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On Divination phil · 2 mentions

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