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

3. A Lacedaemonian rhetorician twice referred to by Seneca. (Suasor. ii. ad extr. Coatrover. 3.20, ad extr.) In the latter passage, he calls him aridus et exsiccus declamator. Westermann (Gesch. der Griech. Beredt. p. 188) calls him Nicocratus.