Nearchus of Elea

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Nearchus (Greek: Νέαρχος, Nearchos) was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Elea in Magna Graecia, who ruled in the 5th century BC. He is only known from an anecdote in connection with the philosopher Zeno of Elea, whom Nearchus tortured and, according to some sources, executed for having conspired against Nearchus's regime.^[1]

References

1. Diodorus Siculus X Eacc. Vales, p. 557, Eocc. Vat. p. 36; Valerius Maximus III 3. ext. 3; Diogenes Laërtius IX 29.

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