Apollocrates ( el, Ἀπολλοκράτης) was the son of

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. Two years after Dion and Heracleides conquered Syracuse in 357 BC, Apollocrates maintained control of the fortress of

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. As supplies ran out, Apollocrates capitulated to Dion, who allowed him and his mother Doris to sail to join his father in Italy. According to

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, Book 39, F185: "Apollocrates the son of the tyrant Dionysius was undisciplined and an alcoholic."

References

* Diodorus Siculus, ''Library of History.'' Translated by Oldfather, C. H. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press, 1935. {{DEFAULTSORT:Apollocrates 4th-century BC Syracusans Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown