Xenocrates
2. A Theban Boeotarch, a contemporary of Epaminondas. Before the battle of Leuctra, at the request of Epaminondas, he sent to Lebadea for the shield of Aristomenes, which the oracle of Trophonius had directed them to procure, and suspended it so as to be visible to the Lacedaemonians, most of whom knew it. (Paus. 4.32.6, comp. 9.13.6.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.