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

(Πολύκλειτος), a favourite freedman of Nero, was sent by that emperor into Britain to inspect the state of the island. (Tac. Ann. 14.39, Hist. 1.37, 2.95; D. C. 43.12.)