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In ancient Greece, Echecrates (Greek: Ἐχεκράτης) was the name of the following men:
Echecrates of Thessaly, a military officer of Ptolemy IV Philopator, documented around 219–217 BC.
A son of Demetrius the Fair (c. 285–250 BC) by Olympias of Larissa, and brother of Antigonus III Doson. He had a son named Antigonus after his uncle.
Three Pythagorean philosophers mentioned by Iamblichus:
A Locrian, one of those to whom Plato is said to have gone for instruction. The name Caetus in Valerius Maximus is perhaps an erroneous reading for Echecrates.
A Tarentine, probably the same who is mentioned in Plato's Ninth Letter.
Echecrates of Phlius, a contemporary with Aristoxenus the Peripatetic.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Elder, Edward (1870). "Echecrates". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 2.