Daochus I.

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Daochus I ( Greek  Δάοχος ), son of Agias, was a supreme general ( tagos ) of the Thessalian League in the 5th century BC. Chr.

The Daochos consecration gift from Delphi. The statue of Daochus I is the fourth from the left. Delphi Archaeological Museum .

Daochos is only known from the inscription on his statue, which was donated by his grandson Daochus II for the sanctuary of Delphi . Accordingly, he came from Pharsalus as a member of an aristocratic family and held the office of tagos for 27 years, which he had led according to the Thessalian nomos and less by means of autocratic arbitrariness. He was in office from 431 to 404 BC. BC and the fact that he is not mentioned in any of the narrative historical works in any of the narrative historical works, despite a rather long term in office, suggests a rather eventless and probably also meaningless term of office. Together with Echekratides II of Pharsalus , with whom he was not related, Daochos is the only known tagos from the 5th century BC.

Daochus I is best known for the marble ensemble of statues belonging to his family in Delphi, which his grandson Daochos II built around 330 BC. Was donated as a consecration gift. What is remarkable about the headless statue of Daochus I is that it is dressed in a Macedonian chlamys , which is more a conclusion to the Promakedonian posture of Daochus II in the 4th century BC. Than on Daochus I. himself allows.

literature

  • Elizabeth M. Gardiner, Kendall K. Smith, and William Bell Dinsmoor : The Group Dedicated by Daochus at Delphi. In: American Journal of Archeology . Vol. 13, 1909, pp. 447-476.
  • Kendall K. Smith: The Olympic Victory of Agias of Thessaly. In: Classical Philology. Vol. 5, 1910, pp. 169-174.
  • Fritz Geyer : Macedonia up to Philip II's accession to the throne. In: Historical magazine. Vol. 30, 1930, pp. 1-148.
  • Tobias Dohrn : The marble statues of the Daochos consecration gift in Delphi. In: Ancient plastic. Vol. 8, 1968, pp. 33-51.
  • Steven Lattimore: The Chlamys of Daochos I. In: American Journal of Archeology. Vol. 79, 1975, pp. 87-88.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Wilhelm Dittenberger : Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum , 3rd edition, No. 274 .
  2. ^ For example, Geyer's assessment, p. 94.
personal data
SURNAME Daochus I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tagos of the Thessalian League
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.