, (Thuc. 8.64), was
sent, B. C. 411, by the oligarchical revolutionists in the Athenian
army at Samos, to take charge of the subject states in the neighbourhood of Thrace, and took
the first step in pursuance of their policy towards the allies by establishing oligarchy at
Thasos. Nicostratus, the general who fell at Mantineia, was son of a Diotrephes (Thuc. 4.119) : this therefore perhaps was a Diotrephes, son of
Nicostratus. If so, it is an additional reason for thinking him distinct from Diitrephes, the
destroyer of Mycalessus. [DIITREPHES.]