Lacedaemonian — Minor Figures
29 figures from Hellenica who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Epicydidas
officer · first appears Book 4, section 2, part 1/2
- Book 4, section 2, part 1/2 · with Agesilaus “While busy, therefore, with preparations themselves, they lost no time in despatching Epicydidas to fetch Agesilaus.”
Megillus
commissioner · first appears Book 3, section 4, part 1/3
- Book 3, section 4, part 1/3 · with Tissaphernes “Accordingly in the presence of three commissioners--Herippidas, Dercylidas, and Megillus--Tissaphernes took an oath in the words prescribed”
- Book 3, section 4, part 1/3 · with Agesilaus “Accordingly in the presence of three commissioners--Herippidas, Dercylidas, and Megillus--Tissaphernes took an oath in the words prescribed: ”
Migdon
first appears Book 3, section 4, part 2/3
- Book 3, section 4, part 2/3 · with Agesilaus “Among these Agesilaus appointed Xenocles and another to the command of the cavalry, Scythes to that of the heavy infantry of the enfranchised, Herippidas to that of the Cyreians, and Migdon to that of the contingents from the states”
Peisander
admiral · first appears Book 3, section 4, part 3/3
- Book 3, section 4, part 3/3 · with Agesilaus “The admiral whom he selected was Peisander, his wife's brother, a man of genuine ambition and of a vigorous spirit, but not sufficiently expert in the details of equipment to achieve a great naval success.”
- Book 4, section 3, part 1/2 · enemies with Conon “Peisander had ventured to draw out his squadron to meet the combined fleets, though the numerical inferiority of his fleet to that of the Hellenic navy under Conon was conspicuous, and he had the mortification of seeing the allies who formed his left wing take to flight immediately.”
Scythes
first appears Book 3, section 4, part 2/3
- Book 3, section 4, part 2/3 · with Agesilaus “Among these Agesilaus appointed Xenocles and another to the command of the cavalry, Scythes to that of the heavy infantry of the enfranchised”
Xenocles
first appears Book 3, section 4, part 2/3
- Book 3, section 4, part 2/3 · with Agesilaus “Among these Agesilaus appointed Xenocles and another to the command of the cavalry”
Cratesippidas
naval commander · first appears Book 1, section 1, part 2/2
- Book 1, section 1, part 2/2 · with Pasippidas “The naval force which he had been collecting from the allies was handed over to Cratesippidas, who was sent out to take his place in Chios.”
- Book 1, section 5 · with Lysander “The new admiral first visited Rhodes, where he got some ships, and sailed to Cos and Miletus, and from the latter place to Ephesus.”