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[[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 the Athenian general [[Aristides]], who in turn showed the site to the [[Sparta]]n regent [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]], the overall commander of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] forces.<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Arist.+11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0009\|Aristides 8.1.9</ref> |
[[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 the Athenian general [[Aristides]], who in turn showed the site to the [[Sparta]]n regent [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]], the overall commander of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] forces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plutarch, Aristides, chapter 11 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Arist.+11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0009\|Aristides 8.1.9 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> |
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He was present at the death of [[Callicrates of Sparta|Callicrates]] later during the battle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=9:chapter=32|title=Herodotus, The Histories, Book 9, chapter 32|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> |
He was present at the death of [[Callicrates of Sparta|Callicrates]] later during the battle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=9:chapter=32|title=Herodotus, The Histories, Book 9, chapter 32|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> |
Revision as of 09:24, 21 January 2020
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Native name | Αρίμνηστος |
Allegiance | Plataea |
Rank | Strategos |
Battles/wars | Battle of Marathon, Battle of Plataea |
Arimnestos (Greek: Ἀρίμνηστος; fl. early 5th century BCE) was the commander of the Plataean contingent at the battles of Marathon and Plataea during the Greco-Persian Wars.[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 the Athenian general Aristides, who in turn showed the site to the Spartan regent Pausanias, the overall commander of the 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
- ^ "Pausanias, Description of Greece, Boeotia, chapter 4, section 2". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
- ^ "Plutarch, Aristides, chapter 11". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
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: Text "Aristides 8.1.9" ignored (help) - ^ "Herodotus, The Histories, Book 9, chapter 32". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
- ^ "Retrospective Portrait Statues and the Hellenistic Reception of Herodotus".
- ^ "Arimnestos - Hippeis". www.hippeis.com.