Nicostratus may refer to:
in fiction and mythology:
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Nicostratus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Nicostratus (Ancient Greek: Νικόστρατος) is a son of Menelaus, king of Mycenaean Sparta. He was known to Hesiod and epic poet Cinaethon. His name means 'Victorious Army' and suggests that his birth came after the Tro ...
, a son of Menelaos by Helen of Troy or a slavewoman
Persons with this name
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Nicostratus (comic poet) Nicostratus (Νικόστρατος) was a Greek playwright of the Middle Comedy. He was said to be the youngest son of Aristophanes. Photius claims that Nicostratus leaped from the Leucadian Rock due to an unrequited love for a woman named Tettigi ...
, son of
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion ( la, Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his for ...
, a poet of the Middle Comedy (4th century BC)
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Nicostratus of Rhodes, a Rhodian commander in the 2nd century BC, companion of
Agesilochus
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Nicostratus of Acaia, strategos of the Achaean League in 198-187 BC
* A saint converted by Saint Sebastian (see
Mark and Marcellian
Mark and Marcellian (Latin: ''Marcus et Marcellianus'') are martyrs venerated as saints by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Their cult is sometimes associated with that of Saints Tranquillinus, Martia, Nicostratus, Zoe, ...
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* One of the
Four Crowned Martyrs
The Four Crowned Martyrs or Four Holy Crowned Ones (Latin, ''Sancti Quatuor Coronati'') were nine individuals who are venerated as martyrs and saints of Early Christianity. The nine saints are divided into two groups:
# Severus (or Secundius), S ...
, died ca. 304, feast day 8 November
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