Aeschrion of Syracuse

For other uses, see Aeschrion (disambiguation).

Aeschrion (Gr. Αισχρίων) of Syracuse, whose wife Pippa was one of the mistresses of Verres,[1] was frequently mentioned by Cicero in the Verrine Orations.[2] He assisted Verres in robbing the Syracusans,[3] and obtained the farming of the tithes of the Herbitenses for the purpose of plundering them.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Aeschrion (1)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, p. 40
  2. ↑ Cicero, In Verrem ii. 14, v. 12, 31
  3. ↑ Cicero, In Verrem ii. 21
  4. ↑ Cicero, In Verrem iii. 33

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