Lycon
historical figure · 6 works · 9 mentions · 12 anchored passages
Lycon the Achaean · Lycon the Achaeans · his father · the Heracleote · the boy's father · this Lycon
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Apology
One of the three formal accusers, motivated by grievances on behalf of the orators.
From among them Meletus attacked me, and Anytus and Lycon, Meletus angered on account of the poets, and Anytus on account of the artisans and the public men, and Lycon on account of the orators;
And so, I think, so far as Meletus is concerned, I have even now been acquitted, and not merely acquitted, but anyone can see that, if Anytus and Lycon had not come forward to accuse me, he would have been fined a thousand drachmas for not receiving a fifth part of the votes.
Anabasis
Achaean who joins in accusing Xenophon of privately urging settlement and sacrificing toward it.
Then Philesius and Lycon the Achaeans rose and said that it was outrageous for Xenophon to be privately urging people to settle down and sacrificing with a view to that plan, while publicly saying not a word about the matter.
and the Arcadians and Achaeans proceeded to band themselves together, under the leadership particularly of Callimachus the Parrhasian and Lycon the Achaean.
As these two seemed disinclined to act, they sent Lycon the Achaean, Callimachus the Parrhasian, and Agasias the Stymphalian.
Symposium
Autolycus' father and banquet participant.
When Callias saw this, Do you realize, Lycon, said he, that you are the richest man in the world?
When the racing was over, Callias proceeded on his way to his house in the Peiraeus with Autolycus and the boy’s father;
That may do for young fellows, observed Lycon;
Apollodorus Against Callippus
A Heracleote merchant and bank customer whose deposited money is the subject of the lawsuit.
Lycon had lent to Megacleides of Eleusis and his brother Thrasyllus the sum of forty minae for a voyage to Acê but, when they changed their minds and decided not to risk the voyage to that point, Lycon, after making some complaints against Megacleides regarding the interest, and believing that he had been deceived, quarrelled with him and went to law for the purpose of recovering his loan.
This Lycon, when he was about to set out on a voyage to Libya, reckoned up his account with my father in the presence of Archebiades and Phrasias, and ordered my father to pay the money which he left (it was sixteen minae forty drachmae, as I shall show you very clearly) to Cephisiades, saying that this Cephisiades was a partner of his, a resident of Scyros, but was for the time being abroad on an …
Immediately after this mischance this man Callippus came to the bank, and asked whether they knew Lycon, the Heracleote.
Orations
Interlocutor of Socrates, one of his accusers
with Lycon, of lawsuits and false accusations;
On the Estate of Dicaeogenes
A witness convicted of perjury for testifying that Dicaeogenes (III.) had been adopted as sole heir of Dicaeogenes (II.).
), the son of Cephisophon and cousin to Cephisodotus here, and to me, who had a right to the same share of the estate as I had, proceeded to prosecute those who had borne false witness against us and him, and obtained a conviction against Lycon, the first man whom he brought into court.
he was convicted of perjury for giving evidence to this effect.