Athenian — Minor Figures
46 figures from History of the Peloponnesian War who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Prytanis
Athenian official addressed by Nicias · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 18 · Part 3
- Book 6 · Chapter 18 · Part 3 · with Nicias “And you, Prytanis, if you think it your duty to care for the commonwealth, and if you wish to show yourself a good citizen, put the question to the vote, and take a second time the opinions of the Athenians.”
Conon
commander at Naupactus · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 5
- Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 5 · with Demosthenes “Here, also, Conon came to them, the commander at Naupactus, with news that the twenty-five Corinthian ships stationed opposite to him, far from giving over the war, were meditating an engagement; and he therefore begged them to send him some ships, as his own eighteen were not a match for the enemy’s twenty-five.”
- Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 5 · with Eurymedon “Here, also, Conon came to them, the commander at Naupactus, with news that the twenty-five Corinthian ships stationed opposite to him, far from giving over the war, were meditating an engagement; and he therefore begged them to send him some ships, as his own eighteen were not a match for the enemy’s twenty-five.”
Procles
commander · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 11 · Part 1
- Book 3 · Chapter 11 · Part 1 · parent: Theodorus “under Demosthenes, son of Alcisthenes, and Procles, son of Theodorus”
- Book 3 · Chapter 11 · Part 2 · with Demosthenes “Among the slain was also Procles, the colleague of Demosthenes.”
Euetion
general · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 2
- Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 2 · with Perdiccas “At the close of the same summer the Athenian general Euetion marched in concert with Perdiccas with a large body of Thracians against Amphipolis”
Theagenes
commissioner · first appears Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 5
- Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 5 · with Cleon “Cleon himself and Theagenes were chosen by the Athenians as commissioners.”
Euphemus
ambassador · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 3
- Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 3 · with Hermocrates “Such were the words of Hermocrates; after whom Euphemus, the Athenian ambassador, spoke as follows:”
Niciades
chairman · first appears Book 4 · Chapter 14 · Part 7
- Book 4 · Chapter 14 · Part 7 · with Laches “The tribe of Acamantis had the prytany, Phoenippus was secretary, Niciades chairman. Laches moved, in the name of the good luck of the Athenians, that they should conclude the armistice upon the terms agreed upon by the Lacedaemonians and the allies.”