Xenocles
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Xenocles of Coprus · her husband · the niece's husband
in the texts
On The Estate Of Pyrrhus
Husband of Phile who, as her legal representative, sued for Pyrrhus's estate on the claim she was Pyrrhus's legitimate daughter, and was convicted of perjury for the sworn oath supporting that claim.
My brother having died last year, Phile, ignoring the existence of the last tenant, came forward, claiming to be the legitimate daughter of our uncle, and Xenocles of Coprus, as her legal representative, demanded to be given possession of the estate of Pyrrhus, who had died more than twenty years before, having fixed the value of the estate at three talents.
Xenocles then sued for the property in the name of Phile, his wife, and declared upon oath that she was a legitimate daughter of Pyrrhus, the succession being claimed by Endius's mother.
That he married her and took her to be his wife as the daughter of a mistress, has been proved and attested and that this evidence is true, Xenocles himself has testified by his conduct over a long period.
Hellenica
A Spartan officer assigned by Agesilaus, along with one other, to command the cavalry after the year's rotation of forces.
Of these, Agesilaus assigned Xenocles and one other to the command of the cavalry, Scythes to the command of the Helot hoplites, Herippidas to the Cyreans, and Mygdon to the troops from the allied cities, and he announced to them that he would immediately lead them by the shortest route to the best parts of the country, his object being to have them begin at once to prepare their bodies and spirits for the fray.