Sophanes

Family: Athenian · Role: man of Dekeleia · First appears: Book 6 · §91–100

Life events

Sophanes challenged and killed Eurybates during the Athenian siege of Egina.(Book 9 · §71–78 · 📍 Egina)
- With: Eurybates
- “for when the Athenians besieged Egina he challenged to a fight and slew Eurybates the Argive, one who had been victor in the five contests at the games.”
Sophanes was killed by the Edonians while fighting for the gold mines.(Book 9 · §71–78 · 📍 Daton)
- With: Leagros
- “To Sophanes himself it happened after these events that when he was general of the Athenians together with Leagros the son of Glaucon, he was slain after proving himself a good man by the Edonians at Daton, fighting for the gold mines.”

with Eurybates (Sophanes slew Eurybates in single combat.) “the commander himself, Eurybates, fighting in single combat killed in this manner three men and was himself slain by the fourth, Sophanes namely of Dekeleia.”
with Eurybates (Sophanes slew Eurybates in single combat.) “Of these men the greater number never returned back, but were slain by the Athenians in Egina; and the commander himself, Eurybates, fighting in single combat killed in this manner three men and was himself slain by the fourth, Sophanes namely of Dekeleia.”

with Eutychides (Eutychides is Sophanes's father.) “Sophanes the son of Eutychides of the deme of Dekeleia”
with Eurybates (Sophanes killed Eurybates in a fight.) “he challenged to a fight and slew Eurybates the Argive”
with Leagros (They served together as generals.) “when he was general of the Athenians together with Leagros the son of Glaucon”
parent: Eutychides “Sophanes the son of Eutychides of the deme of Dekeleia”
enemies with Eurybates “he challenged to a fight and slew Eurybates the Argive”
with Leagros (interaction) “when he was general of the Athenians together with Leagros the son of Glaucon”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.