Agathocleaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Agathoclea (Greek: Ἀγαθόκλεια) was a mistress of Ptolemy IV Philopator (Hellenistic king of Egypt of the Ptolemaic dynasty), and sister of his minister Agathocles. She and her brother, who both exercised almost unlimited influence over the king, were introduced to him by their ambitious mother, Oenanthe. Despite Ptolemy marrying his sister Arsinoe III in 220 BC, Agathoclea continued to be his favourite. On the death of Ptolemy in 205 BC, Agathoclea and her friends kept the event secret, that they might have an opportunity of plundering the royal treasury. They also formed a conspiracy with Sosibius aimed at placing Agathocles on the throne or at least making him regent for the new boy king, Ptolemy V Epiphanes. With the support of Sosibius, they murdered Arsinoe III. Agathocles then acted as guardian to the young king Ptolemy V.