Acichorius
Family: Celts · Role: chieftain · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 19
In Book 10, Chapter 19, Brennus persuaded the Galati to invade Greece again and chose Acichorius as his colleague among the chieftains. At Thermopylæ, Brennus left Acichorius with the main army and ordered him to attack the Greeks once Brennus had reached their rear.
At Heraclea, Acichorius left a detachment to guard the camp treasure. His division joined those fleeing with Brennus the previous night; subsequently, the survivors reached the river Sperchius, where the Thessalians and Malienses attacked them, and none returned home.
Relationship record
Life events
- Brennus left Acichorius with the main army and ordered him to attack the Greeks after Brennus reached their rear.(Book 10 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Thermopylæ)
- With: Brennus
- “And he left Acichorius with the main army, instructing him to attack the Greek force, when he (Brennus) should have got to their rear”
- Acichorius left a detachment at Heraclea to guard the camp treasure.(Book 10 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Heraclea)
- “And Acichorius had left a detachment at Heraclea, to guard the treasure in his camp.”
- Acichorius’ division joined the forces fleeing with Brennus.(Book 10 · Chapter 23)
- With: Brennus
- “And Acichorius’ division had joined those who fled with Brennus only the previous night:”
- Acichorius’ surviving forces were defeated at the river Sperchius and none returned home.(Book 10 · Chapter 23 · 📍 river Sperchius)
- “And subsequently the barbarians got to the river Sperchius with no little difficulty, as the Ætolians attacked them fiercely all the way, and at that river the Thessalians and Malienses set on them with such vigour that none of them got home again.”
Book 10 · Chapter 19
- with Brennus (They were colleagues in the invasion.) “He succeeded in persuading the Galati to invade Greece once more, and among other chieftains he chose Acichorius once more as his colleague.”
- with Brennus (Brennus chose Acichorius as his colleague.) “among other chieftains he chose Acichorius once more as his colleague”
Book 10 · Chapter 22
- with Brennus (Brennus instructed Acichorius to attack the Greek force.) “And he left Acichorius with the main army, instructing him to attack the Greek force, when he (Brennus) should have got to their rear:”
Book 10 · Chapter 23
- with Brennus (Co-commanders of Galatian divisions during the retreat.) “And Acichorius’ division had joined those who fled with Brennus only the previous night”
- with Brennus (Military commanders whose divisions fought and retreated together.) “And Acichorius’ division had joined those who fled with Brennus only the previous night”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.