Strombichides

Family: Athenian · Role: commander · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 3

At Athens, during the “consternation of the moment,” the penalty on proposing the use of the thousand talents was lifted, and the city voted to use them to man ships. Strombichides, son of Diotimus, was sent out at once with eight vessels from the blockading fleet at Spiraeum. Thrasycles arrived shortly before him with twelve ships from Athens and joined him in pursuing the enemy.

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Life events

• Athens lifted the penalty on proposing use of the thousand talents and voted to use them to man ships.(Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 3 · 📍 Athens)
  • “In the consternation of the moment they at once took off the penalty attaching to whoever proposed or put to the vote a proposal for using the thousand talents which they had jealously avoided touching throughout the whole war, and voted to employ them to man a large number of ships, and to send off at once under Strombichides, son of Diotimus, the eight vessels, forming part of the blockading fleet at Spiraeum”
• The Teians admitted the land forces after the Athenians fled, then began demolishing the Athenian-built wall.(Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 3 · 📍 Teos)
  • “The Teians at first would not receive the land forces, but upon the flight of the Athenians took them into the town. There they waited for some time for Chalcideus to return from the pursuit, and as time went on without his appearing, began themselves to demolish the wall which the Athenians had built on the land side of the city of the Teians, being assisted by a few of the barbarians who had come up under the command of Stages, the lieutenant of Tissaphernes.”

Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 3

• parent: Diotimus “under Strombichides, son of Diotimus, the eight vessels”
• with Thrasycles (Thrasycles joined Strombichides in pursuing the ships.) “they arrived a little before Strombichides and Thrasycles (who had just come with twelve ships from Athens, and had joined Strombichides in pursuing them)”

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.