Xanthippos
Family: Athenian · Role: son of Ariphron; husband of Agariste · First appears: Book 6 · §126–133
In Book 6, Xanthippos, son of Ariphron, was married to Agariste, who was pregnant when she saw a vision in her sleep; a few days later, she gave birth to Pericles. In the same book, Xanthippos prosecuted Miltiades son of Kimon before the people, seeking the penalty of death for deceiving the Athenians.
In Book 7, commanding the Athenians, Xanthippos captured Artaÿctes, governor of Sestos, and had him nailed alive to a board. In Book 9, Xanthippos and the Athenians stayed at the Chersonese and began besieging Sestos. When the Athenians asked to return home, their commanders refused until the town was taken or the authorities recalled them. Artaÿctes offered payment for his life and his son’s, but “he did not prevail upon the commander Xanthippos.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Xanthippos prosecuted Miltiades before the people, seeking the penalty of death.(Book 6 · §134–140 · 📍 Athens)
- With: Miltiades son of Kimon
- “Xanthippos the son of Ariphron, who brought Miltiades up before the people claiming the penalty of death and prosecuted him for his deception of the Athenians”
- Xanthippos and the Athenians captured Artaÿctes and nailed him alive to a board.(Book 7 · §29–38 · 📍 Sestos)
- With: Artaÿctes
- “the Athenians under the command of Xanthippos the son of Ariphron, having taken Artaÿctes a Persian, who was the governor of Sestos, nailed him alive to a board with hands and feet extended”
- Xanthippos and the Athenians stayed behind and began besieging Sestos.(Book 9 · §111–119 · 📍 Chersonese)
- “the Athenians and Xanthippos their commander determined to stay behind there and to make an attempt upon the Chersonese. Those then sailed away, and the Athenians passed over from Abydos to the Chersonese and began to besiege Sestos.”
- The Athenians asked their commanders to lead them home, but the commanders refused until the town was taken or recalled.(Book 9 · §111–119 · 📍 Sestos)
- “the Athenians began to be vexed at being absent from their own land and at the same time not able to conquer the fortress, and they requested their commanders to lead them away home; but these said that they would not do so, until either they had taken the town or the public authority of the Athenians sent for them home”
- Artaÿctes offered payment for his life and his son’s, but Xanthippos refused.(Book 9 · §120–122)
- With: Artaÿctes
- “Thus he engaged to do, but he did not prevail upon the commander Xanthippos;”
Book 6 · §126–133
- married with Agariste (daughter of Hippocrates) “who having been married to Xanthippos the son of Ariphron and being with child, saw a vision in her sleep”
- parent: Ariphron “who having been married to Xanthippos the son of Ariphron and being with child, saw a vision in her sleep”
- child: Pericles “then after a few days she bore to Xanthippos Pericles.”
- married with Agariste “who having been married to Xanthippos the son of Ariphron”
Book 6 · §134–140
- parent: Ariphron “especially Xanthippos the son of Ariphron, who brought Miltiades up before the people claiming the penalty of death and prosecuted him for his deception of the Athenians”
- with Miltiades son of Kimon (Xanthippos prosecuted Miltiades.) “especially Xanthippos the son of Ariphron, who brought Miltiades up before the people claiming the penalty of death and prosecuted him for his deception of the Athenians”
Book 7 · §29–38
- parent: Ariphron “the Athenians under the command of Xanthippos the son of Ariphron, having taken Artaÿctes a Persian”
- with Artaÿctes (Xanthippos commanded the Athenians who captured Artaÿctes.) “the Athenians under the command of Xanthippos the son of Ariphron, having taken Artaÿctes a Persian, who was the governor of Sestos, nailed him alive to a board with hands and feet extended”
Book 8 · §130–136
- with Ariphon (Ariphon is Xanthippos's father.) “Xanthippos the son of Ariphon”
- parent: Ariphon “Xanthippos the son of Ariphon”
Book 9 · §111–119
- with athenians (Xanthippos was their commander.) “while the Athenians and Xanthippos their commander determined to stay behind there and to make an attempt upon the Chersonese.”
Book 9 · §120–122
- with Artaÿctes (Xanthippos refused Artaÿctes's proposed ransom and favored his execution.) “Thus he engaged to do, but he did not prevail upon the commander Xanthippos; for the people of Elaius desiring to take vengeance for Protesilaos asked that he might be put to death, and the inclination of the commander himself tended to the same conclusion.”
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