Hermocrătes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
(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.Read More about Hermocrătes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities