Heraclides of Aenus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Greek assassin and student of Plato Heraclides of Aenus (Greek: Ἡρακλείδης Αἴνιος) was one of Plato's students.[1] Around 360 BC, he and his brother Python assassinated Cotys I, the ruler of Thrace.[2] ↑ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 46 ↑ Aristotle, Politics, v. 10, 1311b20-2; Plutarch, Adv. Col. 1126c This biography of a philosopher from ancient Greece is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles