Tolmides

Family: Athenian · Role: commander · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 4 · Part 3

As an Athenian commander, Tolmides led an expedition around Peloponnese and burnt Lacedaemon’s arsenal; the account identifies him as “son of Tolmaeus.” The Athenians then captured Chaeronea and enslaved its inhabitants. After their defeat at Coronea, they evacuated Boeotia under a treaty, and the exiled Boeotians regained their independence.

In Book 3, Tolmides is identified as the father of Theaenetus, a soothsayer who, with Eupompides, proposed that the besieged Plataeans escape over the enemy’s walls. About 220 Plataeans made their escape during a night raid, aided by the storm.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tolmides led an Athenian expedition that burnt Lacedaemon’s arsenal.(Book 1 · Chapter 4 · Part 3 · 📍 Lacedaemon)
  • With: Tolmaeus
  • “The Athenians sailed round Peloponnese under Tolmides, son of Tolmaeus, burnt the arsenal of Lacedaemon”
• The Athenians captured Chaeronea and enslaved its inhabitants.(Book 1 · Chapter 4 · Part 4 · 📍 Chaeronea)
  • With: Tolmaeus
  • “They took Chaeronea, and made slaves of the inhabitants, and, leaving a garrison, commenced their return.”
• After their defeat at Coronea, the Athenians evacuated Boeotia under a treaty, and the exiled Boeotians regained independence.(Book 1 · Chapter 4 · Part 4 · 📍 Boeotia)
  • With: Tolmaeus
  • “The Athenians evacuated all Boeotia by a treaty providing for the recovery of the men; and the exiled Boeotians returned, and with all the rest regained their independence.”
• Theaenetus and Eupompides proposed that the besieged Plataeans attempt to escape over the enemy's walls.(Book 3 · Chapter 9 · Part 3)
  • With: Theaenetus Eupompides Daimachus
  • “the attempt having been suggested by Theaenetus, son of Tolmides, a soothsayer, and Eupompides, son of Daimachus, one of their generals.”
• About two hundred and twenty Plataeans escaped over the enemy's wall in a night raid.(Book 3 · Chapter 9 · Part 3)
  • With: Theaenetus Eupompides Daimachus Ammias Coroebus
  • “However, it was mainly the violence of the storm that enabled them to effect their escape at all.”

Book 1 · Chapter 4 · Part 3

• parent: Tolmaeus “The Athenians sailed round Peloponnese under Tolmides, son of Tolmaeus, burnt the arsenal of Lacedaemon, took Chalcis, a town of the Corinthians, and in a descent upon Sicyon defeated the Sicyonians in battle.”

Book 1 · Chapter 4 · Part 4

• parent: Tolmaeus “under the command of Tolmides, son of Tolmaeus.”

Book 3 · Chapter 9 · Part 3

• child: Theaenetus “the attempt having been suggested by Theaenetus, son of Tolmides, a soothsayer, and Eupompides, son of Daimachus, one of their generals.”

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