Nicocreon

Nicocreon in Wikipedia

Nicocreon (Greek Nικoκρέων; lived 4th century BC) was king of Salamis in Cyprus, at the time of Alexander the Great's (336–323 BC) expedition against Persia. He submitted to the conqueror in common with the other princes of Cyprus, without opposition; and in 331 BC, after the return of Alexander from Egypt, repaired to Tyre (Lebanon) to pay homage ...

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Nicocreon in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Νικοκρέων). A tyrant of Cyprus in the age of Alexander the Great. A fabulous story is related of his having caused the philosopher Anaxarchus to be pounded alive in a mortar (Diod.xix. 59-79; Cic. Tusc. ii. 22, 52; Diog. Laert. ix. 59)....

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