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=== Battle of Plataea === |
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[[Plutarch|Plutarch]] relates that Arimnestos was responsible for selecting the location of the Battle of Plataea, after receiving guidance from Zeus Soter in a dream. He shared this insight with Aristides, who in turn showed the site to Pausanias, the overall commander of Greek forces.<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Arist.+11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0009</ref> |
[[Plutarch|Plutarch]] relates that Arimnestos was responsible for selecting the location of the Battle of Plataea, after receiving guidance from [[Zeus]] [[Soter]] in a dream. He shared this insight with [[Aristides|Aristides]], who in turn showed the site to the [[Sparta|Spartan]] Regent [[Pausanias]], the overall commander of [[Ancient_Greece|Greek]] forces.<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Arist.+11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0009</ref> |
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He was present at the death of [[Callicrates_of_Sparta|Callicrates]] later during the battle.<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=9:chapter=32</ref> |
He was present at the death of [[Callicrates_of_Sparta|Callicrates]] later during the battle.<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=9:chapter=32</ref> |
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| Native name | Αρίμνηστος |
| Allegiance | Plataea |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Marathon Battle of Plataea |
Arimnestos (Greek: Αρίμνηστος) (fl. early Fifth century BC) was the commander of the Plataean contingent at the battles of Marathon and Plataea during the Persian War.[1]
Battle of Plataea
Plutarch relates that Arimnestos was responsible for selecting the location of the Battle of Plataea, after receiving guidance from Zeus Soter in a dream. He shared this insight with Aristides, who in turn showed the site to the Spartan Regent Pausanias, the overall commander of Greek forces.[2]
He was present at the death of Callicrates later during the battle.[3]
He was depicted by painted portrait in the Temple of Athena Areia built on the site of the battlefield by the Athenians, beneath a statue of the goddess made by Pheidias to commemorate the victory.[4]
In fiction
Arimnestos is the protagonist and narrator in the Long War series by Christian Cameron.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D4%3Asection%3D2
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Arist.+11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0009
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=9:chapter=32
- ^ https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/146/abstract/retrospective-portrait-statues-and-hellenistic-reception-herodotus
- ^ http://www.hippeis.com/arimnestos
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