Lycomedes

First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5

At Potidæa, after the battle at Corcyra, Athens ordered the city to raze its wall, give hostages and dismiss its Corinthian magistrates. Athens then sent thirty ships and a thousand infantry under Archestratus, Lycomedes’ son, with orders to take hostages and raze the wall.

Later, Cleomedes, also Lycomedes’ son, was one of the generals who encamped in the territory with their forces and sent envoys to negotiate before harming the land.

Relationship record

Life events

• Athens ordered Potidæa to demolish its wall, give hostages, dismiss Corinthian magistrates, and refuse their successors.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5 · 📍 Potidæa)
  • With: Archestratus
  • “The Potidæans, who inhabit the isthmus of Pallene, being a Corinthian colony, but tributary allies of Athens, were ordered to raze the wall looking towards Pallene, to give hostages, to dismiss the Corinthian magistrates, and in future not to receive the persons sent from Corinth annually to succeed them.”
• Athens sent thirty ships and a thousand infantry under Archestratus, ordering them to take hostages and raze Potidæa’s wall.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5 · 📍 Potidæa)
  • With: Archestratus
  • “They were just then sending off thirty ships and a thousand heavy infantry for his country under the command of Archestratus, son of Lycomedes, with four colleagues. They instructed the captains to take hostages of the Potidæans, to raze the wall, and to be on their guard against the revolt of the neighbouring cities.”

Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5

• child: Archestratus “under the command of Archestratus, son of Lycomedes, with four colleagues.”

Book 5 · Chapter 17 · Part 1

• child: Cleomedes “Cleomedes, son of Lycomedes, and Tisias, son of Tisimachus, the generals, encamping in their territory with the above armament, before doing any harm to their land, sent envoys to negotiate.”

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