Proteas

Family: Athenian · Role: commander · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4

Not long after Athens allied with Corcyra, Proteas, son of Epicles, commanded one of ten Athenian ships sent to assist it, alongside Lacedaemonius and Diotimus. As the Corcyraeans came under pressure, the Athenians began assisting them more openly; when the fighting intensified, Athenians and Corinthians raised their hands against one another.

While the Peloponnesians were in Attica, Proteas commanded a hundred Athenian ships sent on a cruise around the Peloponnese, with troops and archers, alongside Carcinus and Socrates.

Relationship record

Life events

• They were sent with ten Athenian ships to assist Corcyra under defensive-alliance instructions.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4)
  • With: Lacedaemonius Diotimus
  • “With these views, Athens received Corcyra into alliance and, on the departure of the Corinthians not long afterwards, sent ten ships to their assistance. They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”
• The Athenian commanders began assisting the hard-pressed Corcyraeans more openly.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4)
  • With: Lacedaemonius Diotimus
  • “Seeing the Corcyraeans hard pressed, the Athenians began at length to assist them more unequivocally.”
• The Athenians and Corinthians finally fought one another, setting aside the distinction between their sides.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4)
  • With: Lacedaemonius Diotimus Xenoclides
  • “At first, it is true, they refrained from charging any ships; but when the rout was becoming patent, and the Corinthians were pressing on, the time at last came when every one set to, and all distinction was laid aside, and it came to this point, that the Corinthians and Athenians raised their hands against each other.”
• Athens sent a hundred ships, with troops and archers, on a cruise around Peloponnese under three commanders.(Book 2 · Chapter 6 · Part 4 · 📍 Peloponnese)
  • With: Carcinus Socrates
  • “While they were in Attica the Athenians sent off the hundred ships which they had been preparing round Peloponnese, with a thousand heavy infantry and four hundred archers on board, under the command of Carcinus, son of Xenotimus, Proteas, son of Epicles, and Socrates, son of Antigenes.”

Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4

• parent: Epicles “They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”
• with Lacedaemonius (Co-commanders of the Athenian ships.) “They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”
• with Diotimus (Co-commanders of the Athenian ships.) “They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”

Book 2 · Chapter 6 · Part 4

• parent: Epicles “under the command of Carcinus, son of Xenotimus, Proteas, son of Epicles, and Socrates, son of Antigenes.”

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