Hermocrătes
(
Ἑρμοκράτης). One of the Syracusan generals, when the
Athenians attacked Syracuse, B.C. 414. He was banished by the Syracusans (410 B.C.), and
having endeavoured to effect his restoration by force of arms and with the aid of the Persian
satrap Pharnabazus, was slain in 407. See
Peloponnesian War.