Archagathus (grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse)

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Archagathus (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀρχάγαθος, fl. 4th century BC) was a Syracusan Greek Prince of Magna Graecia. He was the son of Archagathus by a wife whose name is unknown, being a paternal grandson of the Greek tyrant (and later "king" of Sicily) Agathocles of Syracuse from his first wife.^[1]

Archagathus was described as a youth of great bravery and daring.^[1] After the death of his father in 307 BC, Archagathus murdered his paternal uncle Agathocles, so that he would succeed his paternal grandfather.^[1] After the death of his paternal uncle, he was in turn murdered by a local Greek citizen called Maemon.^[1]