Herodotus' Histories

Abronichos

Family: Athenian · Role: son of Lysicles and messenger · First appears: Book 8 · §11–21

Life events

  • Abronichos brought news of Leonidas and his army, prompting the Hellenes to retreat.(Book 8 · §11–21 · 📍 Artemision)
    • “This Abronichos then had arrived, and he proceeded to signify to them that which had come to pass about Leonidas and his army; and then when they were informed of it no longer put off their retreat”

Book 8 · §11–21

  • parent: Lysicles “similarly there was with Leonidas Abronichos son of Lysicles, an Athenian, ready to carry news to those at Artemision with a thirty-oared galley”

Also listed in Athenian — Minor Figures

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