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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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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]
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.