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Nearchus

*Ne/arxos.)

1. Tyrant of Elea or Velia in Magna Graecia, known only from an anecdote of him in connection with the philosopher Zenon, whom he put to the torture for having conspired against his life. [ZENON]. (Diod. x. Exc. Vales. p. 557, Exc. Vat. p. 36; V. Max. 3.3. ext. 3; D. L. 9.29.)

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    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 3.3
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