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Theocles (gr. Theokles) the son of Hegylus (gr. Hegylos), Pausanias : 5.15.2 The Hesperids (in the Heraion at Olympia), five in number, were made by Theokles, also a Spartan, the son of Hegylos : he too is said to have been a pupil of Dipoinos and Skyllis. 6.19.8
(The treasury of the Epidamnians) contains the heavenly sphere supported by Atlas, and also Herakles and the apple-tree of the Hesperids, with the serpent coiled about it. These too are of cedar-wood, the work of Theokles, the son of Hegylos, who is stated by the inscription on the sphere to have assisted his son in the making.
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