Epicydes

2. A Syracusan, surnamed Sindon, one of the lieutenants of the preceding, who were left by him in command of Syracuse when he retired to Agrigentum: he was put to death by the Roman party, together with his colleagues. (Liv. 25.28.)

3. Of Olynthus, a general under Ophellas of Cyrene, who took Thimbron prisoner at Teuchira. (Arr. apud Phot. p. 70a.) [E.H.B]

(Ἐπικύδης). A Carthaginian of Sicilian origin who served with his brother Hippocrates, under Hannibal, with much distinction. He was the leader of the Punic party in Syracuse after the murder of the tyrant Hieronymus, and defended that city against the Roman general Marcellus.

• father of Glaucus: Hdt. 6.86, Paus. 2.18.2
• brother of Hippocrates: Paus. 6.12.4