Pythen
Family: Corinthian · Role: commander · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 7
In Book 6, Pythen sailed with Gylippus across the Ionian Sea to Tarentum as one of the Corinthian commanders in the retreat from Sicily. In Book 7, at Himera, he was with Gylippus as they persuaded the Himeraeans to join the war and arm the seamen.
Later, Pythen commanded the centre of the Syracusan fleet, with Sicanus and Agatharchus each leading a wing. The fleet fought the Athenians across the harbour; after the Syracusans and their allies prevailed, they recovered their dead and wrecks and set up a trophy.
Relationship record
Life events
- They persuaded the Himeraeans to join the war and provide arms for their seamen.(Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 1 · 📍 Himera)
- With: Gylippus
- “Arrived there, they persuaded the Himeraeans to join in the war, and not only to go with them themselves but to provide arms for the seamen from their vessels which they had drawn ashore at Himera”
- The Syracusan fleet engaged the Athenians across the harbour.(Book 7 · Chapter 23 · Part 4)
- With: Sicanus Agatharchus
- “When the rest of the Athenians came up to the barrier, with the first shock of their charge they overpowered the ships stationed there, and tried to undo the fastenings; after this, as the Syracusans and allies bore down upon them from all quarters, the action spread from the barrier over the whole harbour”
- The victorious Syracusans recovered their dead and wrecks and set up a trophy.(Book 7 · Chapter 23 · Part 4)
- With: Sicanus Agatharchus
- “The sea-fight having been a severe one, and many ships and lives having been lost on both sides, the victorious Syracusans and their allies now picked up their wrecks and dead, and sailed off to the city and set up a trophy.”
Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 7
- with Gylippus (Pythen accompanied Gylippus on the voyage.) “Gylippus abandoned all hope of Sicily, and wishing to save Italy, rapidly crossed the Ionian Sea to Tarentum with the Corinthian, Pythen, two Laconian, and two Corinthian vessels,”
Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 1
- with Gylippus (They travelled together.) “After refitting their ships, Gylippus and Pythen coasted along from Tarentum to Epizephyrian Locris.”
Book 7 · Chapter 23 · Part 4
- with Sicanus (Sicanus commanded a wing; Pythen was in the centre.) “The Syracusan fleet was commanded by Sicanus and Agatharchus, who had each a wing of the whole force, with Pythen and the Corinthians in the centre.”
- with Agatharchus (Agatharchus commanded a wing; Pythen was in the centre.) “The Syracusan fleet was commanded by Sicanus and Agatharchus, who had each a wing of the whole force, with Pythen and the Corinthians in the centre.”
- with Sicanus (Fellow commanders of different parts of the Syracusan fleet.) “The Syracusan fleet was commanded by Sicanus and Agatharchus, who had each a wing of the whole force, with Pythen and the Corinthians in the centre.”
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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.