Lacedaemonius

Family: Athenian · Role: commander · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4

Not long afterwards, Lacedaemonius was sent with ten Athenian ships to assist Corcyra under defensive-alliance instructions, commanding alongside Diotimus and Proteas. Cimon was his father. As the Corcyraeans came under pressure, the Athenian commanders began assisting them more openly; when the fighting escalated, the Athenians and Corinthians raised their hands against each other.

Relationship record

Life events

• They were sent with ten Athenian ships to assist Corcyra under defensive-alliance instructions.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4)
  • With: Diotimus Proteas
  • “With these views, Athens received Corcyra into alliance and, on the departure of the Corinthians not long afterwards, sent ten ships to their assistance. They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”
• The Athenian commanders began assisting the hard-pressed Corcyraeans more openly.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4)
  • With: Diotimus Proteas
  • “Seeing the Corcyraeans hard pressed, the Athenians began at length to assist them more unequivocally.”
• The Athenians and Corinthians finally fought one another, setting aside the distinction between their sides.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4)
  • With: Diotimus Proteas Xenoclides
  • “At first, it is true, they refrained from charging any ships; but when the rout was becoming patent, and the Corinthians were pressing on, the time at last came when every one set to, and all distinction was laid aside, and it came to this point, that the Corinthians and Athenians raised their hands against each other.”

Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 4

• parent: Cimon “They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”
• with Diotimus (Co-commanders of the Athenian ships.) “They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”
• with Proteas (Co-commanders of the Athenian ships.) “They were commanded by Lacedaemonius, the son of Cimon, Diotimus, the son of Strombichus, and Proteas, the son of Epicles.”

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