Lysiades

• an Athenian, son of the philosopher Phaedrus, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13.

(Λυσιάδης).

1. An Athenian poet, (probably dithyrambic, since his victory was gained with a chorus of boys), whose name appears on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, which fixes his date to Ol. 111.2, B. C. 335. [Lysicrates.]

2. An Epicurean philosopher of Athens, the son of the celebrated philosopher Phaedrus, was contemporary with Cicero, who speaks of him as " homo festivus," and attacks his appointment by Antony as a judge. (Philipp. 5.5, 8.9.)

3. A Pythagorean philosopher of Catana. (Iamblich. Vit. Pyth. 36.) [P.S]