Ameinias (trierarch 480 BC)

Ameinias ( ancient Greek Ἀμεινίας ) was a Greek captain of the Trier from the Attic Demos Pallene . According to Diodor 9,7,2 he was a brother of the poet Aeschylus . Ameinias took part in the battle of Salamis in 480 BC. ( Herodotus 8, 43, 93), and is said to have been the first Greek to sank a Persian ship. He is said to have almost sunk the ship of Artemisia , Queen of Halicarnassus ; this is said to have saved itself only by sinking one of its ships.

literature

Johannes Kirchner : Ameinias 5) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1818.

personal data
SURNAME	Ameinias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ἀμεινίας (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek captain of Trieren
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: after 480 BC Chr.