Aeschrion of Syracuse
1st-century BC Syracusian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1st-century BC Syracusian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aeschrion (Gr. Αισχρίων) of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, whose wife Pippa was one of the mistresses of Verres,[1] was frequently mentioned by Cicero in the Verrine Orations.[2] He assisted Verres in robbing the Syracusans,[3] and obtained the farming of the tithes of the Herbitenses for the purpose of plundering them.[4]
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