Nicarchus, a Corinthian philosopher in the age of Periander. Plutarch.——An Arcadian chief, who deserted to the Persians, at the return of the 10,000 Greeks.
Nicarthīdes, a man set over Persepolis by Alexander.
Nicātor, a surname of Seleucus king of Syria, from his having been unconquered.
Nice, a daughter of Thestius. Apollodorus.
Nicephorium, a town of Mesopotamia, on the Euphrates, where Venus had a temple. Livy, bk. 32, ch. 33.—Tacitus, Annals, bk. 6, ch. 41.
Nicephŏrius, now Khabour, a river which flowed by the walls of Tigranocerta. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 15, ch. 4.
Nicephŏrus Cæsar, a Byzantine historian, whose works were edited folio, Paris, 1661.——Gregoras, another, edited folio, Paris, 1702.——A Greek ecclesiastical historian, whose works were edited by Ducæus, 2 vols., Paris, 1630.
Nicer, now the Necker, a river of Germany, falling into the Rhine at the modern town of Manheim. Ausonius, Mosella, li. 423.
Nicerātus, a poet who wrote a poem in praise of Lysander.——The father of Nicias.
Nicetas, one of the Byzantine historians, whose works were edited folio, Paris, 1647.