2. A general of the Erythrean forces which aided Miletus in a war with the Naxians. Being
entrusted with the command of a fort for the annoyance of Naxos, he fell in love with
Polycrita, a Naxian prisoner, and married her. Through her means the Naxians became masters of
the fort in question. At the capture of it she saved her husband's life, but died herself of
joy at the honours heaped on her by her countrymen. There are other editions of the story,
varying slightly in the details. (Plut. de Mul. Virt.
s. v.
Erot. 9.)