Charicles

Family: Athenian · Role: commander · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 3

At the very beginning of spring, Charicles, son of Apollodorus, led thirty Athenian ships around the Peloponnese to Argos to request heavy infantry for the fleet under the alliance. With Demosthenes, he sailed to Laconia, where they fortified a position for Helot desertions and plundering incursions. After completing the fortification, Charicles left a garrison there and returned home with his ships and the Argives.

Relationship record

Life events

• Charicles led thirty Athenian ships around Peloponnese to obtain Argive heavy infantry.(Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 3 · 📍 Peloponnese)
  • “at the very beginning of spring, they sent thirty ships round Peloponnese, under Charicles, son of Apollodorus, with instructions to call at Argos and demand a force of their heavy infantry for the fleet, agreeably to the alliance.”
• Demosthenes and Charicles landed in Laconia and fortified a position for incursions and Helot desertions.(Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 4 · 📍 Laconia)
  • With: Demosthenes
  • “Taking on board the heavy infantry from Argos they sailed to Laconia, and, after first plundering part of Epidaurus Limera, landed on the coast of Laconia, opposite Cythera, where the temple of Apollo stands, and, laying waste part of the country, fortified a sort of isthmus, to which the Helots of the Lacedaemonians might desert, and from whence plundering incursions might be made as from Pylos.”
• Charicles left a garrison at the fortified position and returned home with his ships and the Argives.(Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 4 · 📍 Laconia)
  • “while Charicles waited until he had completed the fortification of the place and, leaving a garrison there, returned home subsequently with his thirty ships and the Argives also.”

Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 3

• parent: Apollodorus “under Charicles, son of Apollodorus”
• with Demosthenes (Ordered to sail and operate together.) “Demosthenes was instructed first to sail round with Charicles and to operate with him upon the coasts of Laconia”

Book 7 · Chapter 21 · Part 4

• with Demosthenes (Joined forces for the expedition.) “joined Charicles and the thirty ships of the Athenians”

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