Agathocle is the last dramatic tragedy by Voltaire.[1] It was written by the 84-year-old author in 1777 almost simultaneously with the tragedy Irène, only months before he died. It was not performed on the public stage until the first anniversary of his death.[2]
^"ŒUVRES DE 1777-1778 (II)". Voltaire Foundation. Oxford University. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
^Moland, Louis (1877). Agathocle. Garnier. p. 389 – via Wikisource.
Agathocles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Agathocles (Greek: Ἀγαθοκλῆς) is a Greek name. The most famous person called Agathocles was Agathocles...
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Agathocle is the last dramatic tragedy by Voltaire. It was written by the 84-year-old author in 1777 almost simultaneously with the tragedy Irène, only...
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(or any other title) was officially used by any of the tyrants until Agathocles adopted the title in 304. Gelon I (485 BCE–478 BCE) Hiero I (478 BCE–466...
and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles. He succeeded his father as king in 272 BC, and continued the war which...
tortured to death and beheaded, with his head sent to Agathocles in Africa. However, Agathocles did not have enough troops to launch an attack on Carthage...
five when his parents died in suspicious circumstances. The new regent, Agathocles, was widely reviled and was toppled by a revolution in 202 BC, but the...
figure in Sicily was Agathocles of Syracuse (361–289 BC) who seized the city with an army of mercenaries in 317 BC. Agathocles extended his power throughout...
comic poet of the Middle Attic comedy died after being struck by a pear. Agathocles of Syracuse 289 BC The Greek tyrant of Syracuse was murdered with a poisoned...
but they were citizens of Pella in Macedonia. He was the second son of Agathocles and his wife; there is some indication in the historical sources that...
absorbed into the Krishna tradition. Around 180 BCE, the Indo-Greek king Agathocles issued some coinage (discovered in Ai-Khanoum, Afghanistan) bearing images...
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mercenaries of Italian origin who had been hired from their home in Campania by Agathocles (361–289 BC), Tyrant of Syracuse and self-proclaimed King of Sicily. After...
Tarentum (in Apulia), which was also pressured by the Lucanians. After this, Agathocles of Syracuse ravaged the coast of Calabria with his fleet, took Hipponium...
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was taken by the Mamertines, a band of mercenaries formerly employed by Agathocles. They plundered the surroundings until Hiero II, the new tyrant of Syracuse...
second wife, Lanassa, daughter of the self-proclaimed king of Sicily Agathocles of Syracuse, deserted him. She claimed that she, a daughter of a Greek...
Silver Drachma from Sicily, minted during the reign of Agathocles (361–289 BCE), Greek tyrant of Syracuse (317–289 BCE) and king of Sicily (304–289 BCE)...
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