Clearchus

Family: Lacedaemonians · Role: commander · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 2

At the beginning of the next summer, at Corinth, the allies assigned Clearchus command of the expedition to the Hellespont, after deciding that Chalcideus would sail to Chios and Alcamenes to Lesbos. Clearchus was the son of Ramphias. Later, as the Peloponnesians declined to fight with their fleet united and lacked money for so many ships, they sent Clearchus with forty ships to Pharnabazus, who had invited them and was prepared to provide pay.

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Life events

• The allies assigned commands for expeditions to Chios, Lesbos, and the Hellespont.(Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 2 · 📍 Corinth)
  • With: Agis Chalcideus Alcamenes Ramphias
  • “they decided to sail first to Chios under the command of Chalcideus, who was equipping the five vessels in Laconia, then to Lesbos, under the command of Alcamenes, the same whom Agis had fixed upon, and lastly to go to the Hellespont, where the command was given to Clearchus, son of Ramphias.”

Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 2

• parent: Ramphias “where the command was given to Clearchus, son of Ramphias.”
• with Alcamenes (Both were assigned command of successive parts of the expedition.) “the allies assembled at Corinth and held a council, in which they decided to sail first to Chios under the command of Chalcideus, who was equipping the five vessels in Laconia, then to Lesbos, under the command of Alcamenes, the same whom Agis had fixed upon, and lastly to go to the Hellespont, where the command was given to Clearchus, son of Ramphias.”

Book 8 · Chapter 24 · Part 6

• parent: Ramphias “appointing Clearchus, son of Ramphias, who sailed with them, to the command”

Book 8 · Chapter 26 · Part 1

• parent: Ramphias “sent off Clearchus, son of Ramphias, with forty ships to Pharnabazus”
• with Pharnabazus (Pharnabazus invited and offered pay to the Peloponnesian fleet.) “the Peloponnesians having refused to fight with their fleet united, through not thinking themselves a match for the enemy, and being at a loss where to look for money for such a number of ships, especially as Tissaphernes proved so bad a paymaster, sent off Clearchus, son of Ramphias, with forty ships to Pharnabazus, agreeably to the original instructions from Peloponnese; Pharnabazus inviting them and being prepared to furnish pay, and Byzantium besides sending offers to revolt to them.”

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