Xenŏcles

, a tragic writer, who obtained four times a poetical prize in a contention in which Euripi des was competitor, either through the ignorance or by the bribery of his judges. The names of his tragedies which obtained the victory were Œdip us, Lycaon, Bacchæ, Athamas Satyric us, against the Alexander, Palamedes, Trojani, and Sisyphus Satyric us of Euripi des. His grandson bore also the name of Xenocles, and excelled in tragical compositions. Ælian , Varia Hist or i a , bk. 2 , ch. 8 .――A Spartan officer in the expedition which Agesilaus undertook against the Persians.――An architect of Eleusis.――A friend of Aratus.――One of the friends of Cicero.――A celebrated rhetorician of Adramyttium. Strabo , bk. 13 .