Charopinos

Family: Milesian · Role: brother of Aristagoras · First appears: Book 5 · §95–103

Life events

• Aristagoras appointed Charopinos to command the Milesians on the march toward Sardis.(Book 5 · §95–103 · 📍 Miletos)
  • With: Aristagoras
  • “On this march he did not go himself, but remained at Miletos and appointed others to be in command of the Milesians, namely his brother Charopinos”
• The Ionian force took Sardis, though Artaphrenes held the citadel.(Book 5 · §95–103 · 📍 Sardis)
  • With: Aristagoras
  • “they took Sardis without any resistance, all except the citadel, but the citadel Artaphrenes himself saved from capture, having with him a considerable force of men.”
• A fire spread through Sardis and destroyed the city and the temple of Hybebe.(Book 5 · §95–103 · 📍 Sardis)
  • With: Aristagoras
  • “Sardis was then destroyed by fire, and in it also the temple of the native goddess Hybebe”

Book 5 · §95–103

• siblings with Aristagoras “Aristagoras proceeded to make a march upon Sardis. On this march he did not go himself, but remained at Miletos and appointed others to be in command of the Milesians, namely his brother Charopinos and of the other citizens one Hermophantos.”

Also listed in Milesian — Minor Figures

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