Athenians — Minor Figures

10 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Aeschines of Lampra

conspirator · first appears Aristides

• Aristides · with Aristides “of many that were concerned, he apprehended eight only, two of whom, who were first proceeded against and most guilty, Aeschines of Lampra, and Agesias of Acharnae, made their escape out of the camp.”
• Aristides · enemies with Aristides “Aeschines of Lampra, and Agesias of Acharnae, made their escape out of the camp.”

Agesias of Acharnae

conspirator · first appears Aristides

• Aristides · with Aristides “of many that were concerned, he apprehended eight only, two of whom, who were first proceeded against and most guilty, Aeschines of Lampra, and Agesias of Acharnae, made their escape out of the camp.”
• Aristides · enemies with Aristides “Aeschines of Lampra, and Agesias of Acharnae, made their escape out of the camp.”

Diophantus of Amphitrope

accuser of Aristides · first appears Aristides

• Aristides · enemies with Aristides “Aristides was condemned of bribery, upon the accusation of Diophantus of Amphitrope”

Olympiodorus

officer · first appears Aristides

• Aristides · with Aristides “Aristides undertook the enterprise for the Athenians, and sent Olympiodorus, the most valiant of his inferior officers”
• Aristides · enemies with Masistius “These being soon in readiness, and running upon the enemy, as soon as Masistius, who commanded the barbarians' horse, a man of wonderful courage and of extraordinary bulk and comeliness of person, perceived it”

Codrus

ancestor of Solon · first appears Solon

• Solon · with Solon “being descended from Codrus”

Tellus

citizen · first appears Solon

• Solon · with Solon “he had known one Tellus, a fellow-citizen of his own”

Thersippus

maimed citizen · first appears Solon

• Solon · with Pisistratus “Pisistratus followed Solon's example in this, who had decreed it in the case of one Thersippus, that was maimed;”
• Solon · with Solon “Pisistratus followed Solon's example in this, who had decreed it in the case of one Thersippus, that was maimed”

Thespis

tragic actor · first appears Solon

• Solon · with Solon “Solon, being by nature fond of hearing and learning something new, and now, in his old age, living idly, and enjoying himself, indeed, with music and with wine, went to see Thespis himself”

Ariston

politician · first appears Solon

• Solon · with Pisistratus “one Ariston making a motion that they should allow Pisistratus fifty clubmen for a guard to his person”

Philaeus

son of Ajax · first appears Solon

• Solon · child: Ajax “that Philaeus and Eurysaces, the sons of Ajax”
• Solon · parent: Ajax “Philaeus and Eurysaces, the sons of Ajax”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.