Aeschrion of Syracuse

Aeschrion of Syracuse

Aeschrion (Gr. polytonic|Αισχρίων) of Syracuse, whose wife Pippa was one of the mistresses of Verres, [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Aeschrion (1)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 40
publisher =
place =
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0049.html ] was frequently mentioned by Cicero in the Verrine Orations. [Cicero, "In Verrem" ii. 14, v. 12, 31] He assisted Verres in robbing the Syracusans, [Cicero, "In Verrem" ii. 21] and obtained the farming of the tithes of the Herbitenses for the purpose of plundering them. [Cicero, "In Verrem" iii. 33]

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