Timagenides
Family: Theban · Role: counsellor · First appears: Book 9 · §38–45
Life events
- Timagenides advised Mardonios to guard the pass of Kithairon to stop reinforcements reaching the Hellenes.(Book 9 · §38–45 · 📍 Kithairon)
- With: Mardonios
- “Timagenides the son of Herpys, a Theban, counselled Mardonios to set a guard on the pass of Kithairon”
- Timagenides urged the Thebans to offer money or surrender the leaders for trial.(Book 9 · §79–87 · 📍 Thebes)
- With: Attaginos
- “on the twentieth day Timagenides spoke as follows to the Thebans: “Thebans, since it has been resolved by the Hellenes not to retire from the siege until either they have taken Thebes or ye have delivered us up to them”
- The Thebans sent a herald to Pausanias offering to surrender the men.(Book 9 · §79–87 · 📍 Thebes)
Book 9 · §38–45
- parent: Herpys “Timagenides the son of Herpys, a Theban, counselled Mardonios to set a guard on the pass of Kithairon”
Book 9 · §79–87
- with Attaginos (Both are identified among the leading men who took the side of the Medes.) “among the first of them Timagenides and Attaginos, who were leaders equal to the first;”
- with Pausanias (The Thebans offered to deliver Timagenides and the other men to Pausanias.) “the Thebans forthwith sent a herald to Pausanias offering to deliver up the men.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.