Dorieus

Family: Rhodes · Role: son of Diagoras · First appears: Book 1, section 1, part 1/2

Dorieus was the son of Diagoras and a Rhodian. In early winter, he entered the Hellespont at break of day with fourteen ships from Rhodes.

Later, after Phanosthenes captured two Thurian warships, Dorieus was released without ransom while the other captives were imprisoned. He had previously been banished from Athens and Rhodes by the Athenians, who had sentenced him and his family to death.

Relationship record

Life events

• Phanosthenes captured two Thurian warships, and Dorieus was released without ransom.(Book 1, section 5 · 📍 Andros)
  • With: Phanosthenes
  • “That captain was fortunate enough to intercept and capture two Thurian ships of war, crews and all, and these captives were all imprisoned by the Athenians, with the exception of their leader Dorieus.”

Book 1, section 1, part 1/2

• parent: Diagoras “Another short interval brings us to a morning in early winter, when Dorieus, the son of Diagoras, was entering the Hellespont with fourteen ships from Rhodes at break of day.”

Book 1, section 5

• with Phanosthenes (Dorieus was captured by Phanosthenes’s forces but was not imprisoned.) “That captain was fortunate enough to intercept and capture two Thurian ships of war, crews and all, and these captives were all imprisoned by the Athenians, with the exception of their leader Dorieus.”
• with athenians (The Athenians had banished Dorieus and sentenced him to death.) “He was the Rhodian, who some while back had been banished from Athens and from his native city by the Athenians, when sentence of death was passed upon him and his family.”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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