Syracusan — Minor Figures

12 figures from Hellenica who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Proxenus

Hermocrates's brother · first appears Book 1, section 3

• Book 1, section 3 · siblings with Hermocrates “An embassy of the Lacedaemonians was also about to make the journey. This consisted of Pasippidas and his fellows, with whom were Hermocrates, now an exile from Syracuse, and his brother Proxenus.”
• Book 1, section 3 · with Pharnabazus “An embassy of the Lacedaemonians was also about to make the journey. This consisted of Pasippidas and his fellows, with whom were Hermocrates, now an exile from Syracuse, and his brother Proxenus. So Pharnabazus put himself at their head.”

Themistogenes

historian · first appears Book 3, section 1, part 1/2

• Book 3, section 1, part 1/2 · with Cyrus “The particulars of the expedition are to be found in the pages of the Syracusan Themistogenes, who describes the mustering of the armament, and the advance of Cyrus at the head of his troops; and then the battle, and death of Cyrus himself, and the consequent retreat of the Hellenes while effecting their escape to the sea.”

Crinippus

commander · first appears Book 6, section 2, part 2/2

• Book 6, section 2, part 2/2 · with Iphicrates “With the captive crews themselves he came to an agreement that each should pay a fixed sum as ransom, with one exception, that of Crinippus, their commander. Him he kept under guard, with the intention apparently of exacting a handsome sum in his case or else of selling him.”

Cissidas

officer in charge of the reinforcement · first appears Book 7, section 1, part 3/4

• Book 7, section 1, part 3/4 · with Archidamus “and was forced in these straits to send to Archidamus and beg for assistance, which the latter tendered.”
• Book 7, section 1, part 3/4 · with Dionysius “Cissidas, the officer in charge of the reinforcement from Dionysius, made the announcement that the period for his stay abroad had elapsed”

Hermocrates (father of Dionysius)

first appears Book 2, section 2, part 2/2

• Book 2, section 2, part 2/2 · child: Dionysius “the accession of Dionysius, the son of Hermocrates the Syracusan, to the tyranny of Syracuse”

Heracleides

commander · first appears Book 1, section 2

• Book 1, section 2 · parent: Aristogenes (father of Heracleides) “under Eucles, the son of Hippon, and Heracleides, the son of Aristogenes”

son of Dionysius

sent twelve triremes to Lacedaemon · first appears Book 7, section 4, part 1/4

• Book 7, section 4, part 1/4 · parent: Dionysius the first “the son of Dionysius (his father, Dionysius the first, being already dead)”

Demarchus

successor to the generals · first appears Book 1, section 1, part 2/2

• Book 1, section 1, part 2/2 · parent: Epidocus “Demarchus, the son of Epidocus;”

Potamis

successor to the generals · first appears Book 1, section 1, part 2/2

• Book 1, section 1, part 2/2 · parent: Gnosis “and Potamis, the son of Gnosis.”

Eucles

commander · first appears Book 1, section 2

• Book 1, section 2 · parent: Hippon “under Eucles, the son of Hippon, and Heracleides, the son of Aristogenes”

Myscon

successor to the generals · first appears Book 1, section 1, part 2/2

• Book 1, section 1, part 2/2 · parent: Mencrates “Myscon, the son of Mencrates;”

Dionysius the first

father of the son of Dionysius; dead at this point · first appears Book 7, section 4, part 1/4

• Book 7, section 4, part 1/4 · child: son of Dionysius “the son of Dionysius (his father, Dionysius the first, being already dead)”

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Extracted from the original text of Hellenica. Made with Rho MD.