History of the Peloponnesian War · Character Index
465 characters extracted from the original text, every relationship traceable to a quoted passage. Start from the major figures, or browse by house.
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Major figures
- Alcibiades — 47 relationships · politician
- Nicias — 47 relationships · commander
- Brasidas — 36 relationships · commander
- Demosthenes — 35 relationships · general
- Tissaphernes — 30 relationships · commander
- Perdiccas — 26 relationships · king
- Gylippus — 18 relationships · commander
- Agis — 17 relationships · commander
- Cleon — 17 relationships · speaker
- Eurymedon — 16 relationships · commander
- Archidamus — 14 relationships · king and leader of the expedition
- Astyochus — 14 relationships · admiral
- Sitalces — 13 relationships · King of the Thracians
- Hermocrates — 11 relationships · speaker
- Laches — 11 relationships · commander
- Pausanias — 11 relationships · commander-in-chief of the Hellenes
- Pericles — 11 relationships · commander
- Phrynichus — 11 relationships · leader
- Artaxerxes — 10 relationships · king
- Niceratus — 10 relationships · father of Nicias
- Hipparchus — 9 relationships
- Hippias — 9 relationships · tyrant
- Phormio — 9 relationships · general
- Pisander — 9 relationships
By house
athenian (52)
- Alcibiades — 47 relationships · politician
- Nicias — 47 relationships · commander
- Demosthenes — 35 relationships · general
- Cleon — 17 relationships · speaker
- Eurymedon — 16 relationships · commander
- Laches — 11 relationships · commander
- Pericles — 11 relationships · commander
- Niceratus — 10 relationships · father of Nicias
- Hipparchus — 9 relationships
- Hippias — 9 relationships · tyrant
- Phormio — 9 relationships · general
- Diomedon — 8 relationships · commander
- Lamachus — 8 relationships · commander
- Themistocles — 8 relationships · Athenian statesman
- Leon — 7 relationships · commander
- Menander — 7 relationships · officer
- Thrasybulus — 7 relationships · leader in the revolution
- Hagnon — 6 relationships · general
- Pisistratus — 6 relationships · tyrant
- Thessalus — 6 relationships
- Xanthippus — 6 relationships · father of Pericles
- Euthydemus — 5 relationships · officer
- Harmodius — 5 relationships · conspirator
- Hippocrates son of Ariphron — 5 relationships · Athenian general
- Nicostratus — 5 relationships · general
- Paches — 5 relationships · commander
- Thrasyllus — 5 relationships · leader in the revolution
- Thucles — 5 relationships · father of Eurymedon
- Thucydides — 5 relationships · historian
- Aristogiton — 4 relationships · conspirator
- Diitrephes — 4 relationships · father of Nicostratus
- Diotimus — 4 relationships · commander
- Proteas — 4 relationships · commander
- Pythodorus — 4 relationships · general
- Sadocus — 4 relationships · son of Sitalces
- Tolmaeus — 4 relationships · father of Autocles
- Xenophon — 4 relationships · general
- Abronichus — 3 relationships · son of Lysicles
- Ameiniades — 3 relationships
- Aristides — 3 relationships · son of Lysimachus
- Asopius — 3 relationships · individual
- Callias — 3 relationships · general
- Charicles — 3 relationships · commander
- Charoeades — 3 relationships · commander
- Cleopompus — 3 relationships · commander
- Diodotus — 3 relationships · speaker
- Hestiodorus — 3 relationships · general
- Lacedaemonius — 3 relationships · commander
- Learchus — 3 relationships
- Phanomachus — 3 relationships · general
- Sophocles — 3 relationships · general
- Tolmides — 3 relationships · commander
lacedaemonian (37)
- Brasidas — 36 relationships · commander
- Gylippus — 18 relationships · commander
- Agis — 17 relationships · commander
- Archidamus — 14 relationships · king and leader of the expedition
- Astyochus — 14 relationships · admiral
- Pausanias — 11 relationships · commander-in-chief of the Hellenes
- Clearidas — 8 relationships · commander in Amphipolis
- Cnemus — 8 relationships · admiral
- Pleistoanax — 8 relationships · king
- Ramphias — 7 relationships · ambassador
- Chalcideus — 6 relationships · commander
- Endius — 6 relationships · ambassador
- Mindarus — 6 relationships · admiral
- Philocharidas — 6 relationships · envoy
- Alcamenes — 5 relationships · commander
- Clearchus — 5 relationships · commander
- Lycophron — 5 relationships · commissioner
- Menedaius — 5 relationships · Spartan
- Styphon — 5 relationships · commander
- Eurylochus — 4 relationships · commander
- Ischagoras — 4 relationships · oath-taker and envoy
- Melesippus — 4 relationships · ambassador
- Pedaritus — 4 relationships · commander
- Therimenes — 4 relationships · commander
- Zeuxidamus — 4 relationships · king
- Agesander — 3 relationships · ambassador
- Agesandridas — 3 relationships · commander
- Arcesilaus — 3 relationships
- Aristocles — 3 relationships · brother of Pleistoanax
- Cleombrotus — 3 relationships
- Epitadas — 3 relationships · commander
- Hippocrates the Spartan — 3 relationships · envoy
- Macarius — 3 relationships · Spartan
- Menas — 3 relationships · oath-taker and envoy
- Philip the Lacedaemonian — 3 relationships
- Tellis — 3 relationships · father of Brasidas
- Xenares — 3 relationships · ephor
persian (9)
- Tissaphernes — 30 relationships · commander
- Artaxerxes — 10 relationships · king
- Pharnabazus — 6 relationships · satrap
- Cyrus — 5 relationships · king
- Darius — 5 relationships · king
- Xerxes — 4 relationships · King
- Artabazus — 3 relationships · son of Pharnaces, sent by Xerxes
- Megabuzus — 3 relationships
- Pissuthnes — 3 relationships · satrap of Sardis
Unaffiliated (8)
- Amorges — 4 relationships · rebel
- Clinias, father of Alcibiades — 4 relationships · father of Alcibiades
- Hermon — 4 relationships · father of Hermocrates
- Alcisthenes — 3 relationships · father of Demosthenes
- Alcmaeon — 3 relationships · son of Amphiraus
- Scironides — 3 relationships
- camarina — 3 relationships
- himera — 3 relationships
syracusan (4)
- Hermocrates — 11 relationships · speaker
- Sicanus — 8 relationships · commander
- Heraclides — 5 relationships · elected general
- Agatharchus — 3 relationships · fleet commander
four hundred (4)
- Phrynichus — 11 relationships · leader
- Theramenes — 6 relationships · general
- Alexicles — 5 relationships · general
- Aristocrates — 3 relationships · colonel
corinthian (4)
- Pythen — 5 relationships · commander
- Timocrates — 5 relationships · father of Timoxenus
- Aristeus son of Adimantus — 4 relationships · general
- Aristonymus — 4 relationships · father of Euphamidas
macedonian (3)
- Perdiccas — 26 relationships · king
- Philip — 7 relationships · pretender to the throne
- Alexander — 4 relationships · king
odrysian (3)
- Sitalces — 13 relationships · King of the Thracians
- Seuthes — 5 relationships · nephew and officer
- Teres — 3 relationships · father of Sitalces
zanclean (3)
- Euclides — 3 relationships · founder of Himera
- Sacon — 3 relationships · founder of Himera
- Simus — 3 relationships · founder of Himera
peloponnesian (2)
theban (2)
athenian oligarch (1)
- Pisander — 9 relationships
lyncestian (1)
- Arrhabaeus — 6 relationships · king
argive (1)
- Lichas — 6 relationships · envoy
thespian (1)
- Hegesander — 4 relationships · commander
megarian (1)
- Calligeitus — 3 relationships · exile
boeotian (1)
- Pagondas — 3 relationships · Boeotarch and commander-in-chief
cyzicene (1)
- Timagoras son of Athenagoras — 3 relationships · exile
Minor figures
Characters who appear only briefly are gathered here — each still has their own page.
- Other Figures — Minor Figures (161)
- Athenian — Minor Figures (46)
- Lacedaemonian — Minor Figures (36)
- Corinthian — Minor Figures (25)
- Megarian — Minor Figures (8)
- Theban — Minor Figures (7)
- Plataean — Minor Figures (6)
- Persian — Minor Figures (6)
- Argive — Minor Figures (5)
- Sicyonian — Minor Figures (4)
- Boeotian — Minor Figures (4)
- Syracusan — Minor Figures (4)
- Corcyrean — Minor Figures (3)
- Gelan — Minor Figures (3)
- Larisean — Minor Figures (3)
- Macedonian — Minor Figures (3)
- Aetolian — Minor Figures (3)
Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.