Attaginos

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Attaginos ( Greek  Ἀτταγῖνος ), son of Phrynon, was a 5th century BC. Living noble Theban .

Attaginos was connected with the exiled Spartan king Demaratos through hospitality and was drawn over to the side of Persia through him . Together with Timagenides, he contributed significantly to the conversion of Thebes to the side of the Persian king Xerxes during his invasion of Greece (480 BC). Shortly before the Battle of Plataiai (479 BC), when the Persian army led by Mardonios was encamped in Boeotia , Attaginos entertained Mardonios and 50 distinguished Persians from his army as well as 50 Thebans in his house. Among the guests was a Thersandros from Orchomenos , who had a conversation in Greek with one of the Persians who had also been invited there and who reported to Herodotus about Attaginos' feast; here an eyewitness is named as the historian's source.

After the Greeks, allied against Persia, had won the battle of Plataiai, they marched against Thebes under the leadership of Pausanias and demanded the extradition of Attaginos, Timagenides and the rest of the Propersian party. Since this request was denied, Pausanias besieged Thebes for 20 days until Timagenides voluntarily offered his and Attaginos' extradition. Attaginos was able to escape; his sons, however, were captured, but pardoned by Pausanias because they were not complicit in their father's behavior. The other extradited Thebans hoped to save their lives by distributing bribes, but were executed in Corinth on Pausanias' orders .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Plutarch . De malignitate Herodoti 31; Pausanias , Description of Greece 7, 10, 2.
  2. ↑ Herodotus, Historien 9, 15f .; see. Athenaios , Deipnosophistai 4, 148 e.
  3. ↑ Herodotus, Historien 9, 86.
  4. ↑ Herodotus, Historien 9, 87.
  5. ↑ Herodotus, Historien 9, 88.
personal data
SURNAME Attaginos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Theban nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.