Aristarchus

Family: Athenian · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 26 · Part 4

After the revolution, Pisander, Alexicles and the oligarchic chiefs withdrew to Decelea; Aristarchus was the sole exception. He took archers to Oenoe and deceived its garrison into evacuating the fort under truce, allowing the Boeotians to take possession.

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• Aristarchus deceived Oenoe’s garrison into evacuating the fort, allowing the Boeotians to take possession.(Book 8 · Chapter 26 · Part 4 · 📍 Oenoe)
  • “The garrison believed him as he was general, and besides knew nothing of what had occurred owing to the siege, and so evacuated the fort under truce. In this way the Boeotians gained possession of Oenoe, and the oligarchy and the troubles at Athens ended.”

Book 8 · Chapter 26 · Part 4

• with Pisander (Aristarchus is identified as an exception to the party's withdrawal.) “Upon this revolution taking place, the party of Pisander and Alexicles and the chiefs of the oligarchs immediately withdrew to Decelea, with the single exception of Aristarchus, one of the generals, who hastily took some of the most barbarian of the archers and marched to Oenoe.”
• with Alexicles (Aristarchus is identified as an exception to the party's withdrawal.) “Upon this revolution taking place, the party of Pisander and Alexicles and the chiefs of the oligarchs immediately withdrew to Decelea, with the single exception of Aristarchus, one of the generals, who hastily took some of the most barbarian of the archers and marched to Oenoe.”

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