Nicostratus

[ nahy-kos-truh-tuh s ]

/ naɪˈkɒs trə təs /

a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.

Example sentences from the Web for nicostratus

What, would you have me imitate Nicostratus the actor, reciting his tetrameters to the music of the fife?

The Symposium |Xenophon
Nicostratus followed close behind him, without a word, frequently slapping his thigh with his hand.

The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) |Polybius
At Nicostratus's table we discoursed of those matters which the Athenians were to debate of in their next assembly.

Essays and Miscellanies |Plutarch
And the character in Nicostratus, in the play entitled the Kings, is just such another.

The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athenus |Athenus

And yet Hercules would esteem the brave though ugly Nicostratus as much as the beautiful Alcæus.

Trips to the Moon |Lucian