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Agathocles is a Belgian political grindcore band that began in 1985. They are mainly known for producing a large quantity of split seven-inch EPs. They play a style of grindcore that they have dubbed "mincecore".
Their lineup has changed numerous times since they first started, the only consistent member being Jan Frederickx (also known as Jan AG).
Agathocles (; born between 320–310s BC – died 284 BC) was a Greek Prince who was of Macedonian and Thessalian descent. He was the son born to Lysimachus from his first wife the Queen consort, Nicaea a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater. His full blooded siblings were his younger sisters: Eurydice and Arsinoe I.
Agathocles was sent by his father against the Getae, about 292 BC, but was defeated and taken prisoner. He was kindly treated by Dromichaetes the king of the Getae, and sent back to his father with presents; but Lysimachus, notwithstanding, marched against the Getae, and was taken prisoner himself. He too was also released by Dromichaetes, who received in consequence the daughter of Lysimachus in marriage. According to some authors it was only Agathocles and according to others only Lysimachus, who was taken prisoner.
In 287 BC Agathocles was sent by his father against Demetrius I Poliorcetes, who had marched into Anatolia to deprive Lysimachus of Lydia and Caria. In this expedition he was successful; he defeated Demetrius I and drove him out of his father's provinces. Agathocles was destined to be the successor of Lysimachus, and was popular among his subjects. His stepmother Arsinoe II, prejudiced the mind of his father against him and after an unsuccessful attempt to poison him, Lysimachus cast him into prison and had him executed (284 BC). His maternal cousin-wife and now widow Lysandra with their children fled with Alexander (Agathocles' paternal half-brother) to Seleucus I Nicator in Syria, who made war upon Lysimachus in consequence.
Louis Robert has suggested that coins ΑΓΑΘ of 300 BC belong to an Agathocleia city in Mysia founded by Agathocles.
Agathocles ( Greek: ) is a Greek name; the most famous of which is Agathocles of Syracuse, the tyrant of Syracuse. The name is derived from , agathos, i.e. "good" and , kleos, i.e. "glory".
Other personalities named Agathocles:
- Agathocles, a sophist, teacher of Damon
- Agathocles (writers), was the name of a number of ancient writers, including an ancient historian referred to by Pliny and Cicero
- Agathocles of Pella, father of Lysimachus
- Agathocles, one of the sons of Agathocles of Syracuse from his first marriage
- Agathocles (son of Lysimachus), the son and heir of Lysimachus
- Agathocles, grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse with his third wife Theoxena of Syracuse
- Agathocles of Egypt, son of the above named Agathocles; guardian of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and brother of Agathoclea, mistress of Ptolemy IV Philopator
- Agathocles of Bactria, an Indo-Greek king who ruled about 185 BC
Agathocles (; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek historian who wrote a history of Cyzicus in the Ionic dialect. He is called by Athenaeus both a Babylonian and a Cyzican. He may originally have come from Babylon, and have settled at Cyzicus. The first and third books are referred to by Athenaeus. The time at which Agathocles lived is unknown, and his work is now lost; but it seems to have been extensively read in antiquity, as it is referred to by Cicero, Pliny, and other ancient writers. Agathocles also spoke of the origin of Rome. The scholiast on Apollonius cites Memoirs by an Agathocles, who is usually supposed to be the same as the above-mentioned one.
There are several other writers of the same name, whose works are lost to us but are mentioned by later writers:
- Agathocles of Atrax, who wrote a work on fishing.
- Agathocles of Chios, who wrote a work on agriculture.
- Agathocles of Miletus, who wrote a work on rivers.
- Agathocles of Samos, who wrote a work on the constitution of Pessinus.
Agathocles (; fl. 3rd century BC) was an Egyptian Greek nobleman and through his mother was related to the Ptolemaic dynasty.