A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Λεοντίσκος), a son of Ptolemy Soter, by the celebrated Athenian courtezan, Thais. He was taken prisoner by Demetrius Poliorcetes in the great sea fight off Cyprus (B. C.

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306), together with his uncle, Menelaus, but was immediately restored to his father without ransom. (Athen. 13.576; Just. 15.2.)

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