Theban — Minor Figures

5 figures from Hellenica who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Epaminondas

Theban commander · first appears Book 7, section 1, part 4/4

• Book 7, section 1, part 4/4 · with Peisias “Accordingly, he persuaded the Argive Peisias, who was at the head of military affairs in Argos, to seize and occupy Oneion in advance.”
• Book 7, section 5, part 1/2 · enemies with Archidamus “Archidamus, advancing at the head of but a hundred men, and crossing the one thing which might have been expected to form an obstacle to the enemy, began marching uphill against his antagonists.”

Androcleidas

recipient of gifts · first appears Book 3, section 5, part 1/2

• Book 3, section 5, part 1/2 · with Timocrates the Rhodian “In Thebes he gave gifts to Androcleidas, Ismenias, and Galaxidorus; in Corinth to Timolaus and Polyanthes; in Argos to Cylon and his party.”
• Book 5, section 2, part 3/3 · with Ismenias “These were the men who shared the views of Androcleidas and Ismenias, and they must have numbered about three hundred.”

Galaxidorus

recipient of gifts · first appears Book 3, section 5, part 1/2

• Book 3, section 5, part 1/2 · with Timocrates the Rhodian “In Thebes he gave gifts to Androcleidas, Ismenias, and Galaxidorus; in Corinth to Timolaus and Polyanthes; in Argos to Cylon and his party.”

Charon

host to Melon and his companions · first appears Book 5, section 4, part 1/5

• Book 5, section 4, part 1/5 · with Melon “Having got safely within the city, they spent the whole of that night at the house of a man named Charon, and again the next day in the same fashion.”

Archias

polemarch · first appears Book 5, section 4, part 1/5

• Book 5, section 4, part 1/5 · servant: Phyllidas “There was a man named Phyllidas--he was secretary to Archias, that is, to the polemarchs.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hellenica. Made with Rho MD.