proper nounNĕoclesNEOCLES☆ KeepMeaningThe father of ThemistoclesLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879NEOCLESLEWIS & SHORTNEOCLESNĕocles, is and i, m., = Νεοκλῆς. I. The father of Themistocles, Nep. Them. 1, 1 sq.—Hence, B. Nĕōclīdes, ae, m., the descendant of Neocles, i. e. Themistocles, Ov. P. 1, 3, 69.—II. The father of Epicurus, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72.—III. A painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 146.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyNeoclesNeocles. literary. 1. An Athenian, the father of Epicurus, was one of the cleruchi (agri-peta, as Cicero, de Nat. Deor. 1.26, calls him) sent to Samos…