person
Timocreon of Cyprus
Timocreon
also: Timocreon, Timocreontis regis, Nicocreon
A king on Cyprus into whose hands the philosopher Anaxarchus fell and who subjected him to torture, which Anaxarchus endured without flinching. The name is usually emended to Nicocreon, the historical king of Salamis in Cyprus.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §2.52 King Timocreon on Cyprus
The Cyprian king who tortured Anaxarchus; the name is generally emended to Nicocreon, tyrant of Salamis in Cyprus, who reportedly had Anaxarchus pounded to death in a stone mortar.