Xenokleides was an Athenian poet of the 4th century BC. None of his works have survived. He was one of thehetaeraNeaira's lovers.^[1] According toApollodorus of Acharnae, 369 BC, he spoke out againstCallistratus's request to supportSparta overThebes.^[2] He was prosecuted for avoiding military service, though as a tax-collector for the year he was exempt from military duties, convicted, anddisenfranchised (Ancient Greek: ἀτιμία,atimia). This prosecution, brought by one Stephanos on behalf of Callistratus, was probably intended to remove Xenokleides as a political opponent.^[3] In 343, Xenokleides was living in Macedonia, and was banished byPhilip II;^[4] he appears to have been once again living in Athens by the time the speechAgainst Neaira was delivered.^[5]

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