Chremonides

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Chremonides ( Greek  Χρεμωνίδης Chremōnídēs ), son of Eteocles from the Deme Aithalidai of the Phyle Leontis , was a statesman of ancient Athens in the 3rd century BC. Chr.

Chremonides was a student of the philosopher Zeno of Kition , the founder of the Stoa , who held him in high regard. He became known in the year of Archon Peithidemos (268/7 BC) as the author of a decree, which sealed the alliance of Athens with Areus I of Sparta and Ptolemy II of Egypt against King Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia , from which the Chremonideic War (267–261 BC) named after him resulted. In this decree Chremonides characterized Antigonos Gonatas as the descendants of those who once wanted to enslave Greek states; the Greeks should fight together for their freedom. Athens lost the Chremonideic War, was occupied by Macedonian troops and lost its political power.

After the military defeat, Chremonides fled with his brother Glaucon to Egypt and entered the service of Ptolemy II as an advisor. As a naval commander ( nauarchos ) , he commanded a Ptolemaic fleet, with which he, however, in a battle at the témenos of Aphrodite before Ephesus of one Rhodian fleet under Agathostratus was defeated. The timing of this battle cannot be determined from the sources and is therefore a point of discussion in historical studies.

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  1. ↑ Diogenes Laertios 7, 17. Cf. Christian Guérard: Chrémonidès d'Athènes. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques , Volume 2, Paris 1994, p. 318 f.
  2. ^ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 686-687 = Wilhelm Dittenberger , Sylloge³ 434/5; English translation: Roger S. Bagnall, Peter Derow: Greek Historical Documents , Ed. II (2002), No. 19 . On the decree of Chremonides cf. Werner Huss : Egypt in the Hellenistic Period 332–30 BC Chr. , CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47154-4 , p. 271ff.
  3. ↑ Teles , Περὶ φυγῆς / in exile , ed. By Otto Hense , 1909, p. 23. Glaukon officiated in the year 255/54 BC. In Alexandria as priest of the deified Alexander and the sibling gods; see Papyri Cairo Zenon II, No. 59173 . Ptolemy III had a statue of honor erected for him in Olympia for his services: Inscriptions from Olympia 296 = Wilhelm Dittenberger, Sylloge ³ 462; see. Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 32, 415; Prosopographia Ptolemaica VI, 1968, no.14596.
  4. ↑ Polyainus 5, 18.
  5. ↑ Jakob Seibert: The battle of Ephesus. In: Historia 25, 1976, pp. 45–61, here: 61 locates the battle of Ephesus in the rather long period from the flight of Chremonides to Egypt around 261 BC. Until the death of Ptolemy II in 246 BC. A more precise dating does not seem possible to him due to the sources.
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SURNAME Chremonides
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Athenian politician and Ptolemaic naval commander
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 261 BC Chr.