Aeschrion of Syracuse

For other uses, see Aeschrion (disambiguation).

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]

References

1. Smith, William (1867), "Aeschrion (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 40
2. Cicero, In Verrem ii. 14, v. 12, 31
3. Cicero, In Verrem ii. 21
4. Cicero, In Verrem iii. 33

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aeschrion (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.