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

2. Brother of Epicurus, wrote an account of the sect of the Epicureans, which is lost. He was the author of the maxim λάθε Βιώσας, upon which Plutarch wrote a small essay. (Plut. Non Suau. Vivi Sec. Epic. pp. 1089, 1128, &c.; Suidas, s. v. Νεοκλῆς; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 608.)