Daochus II

Daochus II ( Greek: Δάοχος ; 4th century BC), son of Sisyphus, was a Thessalian aristocrat and follower of Philip II of Macedon .

Daochos came from an aristocratic family in Thessaly , from the city of Pharsalos . His ancestors had temporarily held the office of tetrarchos , a head of one of the four military districts ( tetras ) of Thessaly. His grandfather Daochos I even held the office of tagos , the supreme general of the Thessalian league. In the middle of the 4th century BC, Thessaly fell under the domination of Macedonia , neighboring to the north . As a follower of King Philip II, Daochus was in 338 BC. BC appeared as a member of a delegation in Thebes , which negotiated a joint action against Athens with the local city leaders . Between the years 336 and 332 BC He was the delegate of Thessaly in the Delphic Amphictyony .

Daochus II is well known for his consecration gift ( anathema ) to the Sanctuary of Delphi in the form of eight marble statues, which represent six other male ancestors of his family in addition to himself and his son. One of the most remarkable works by this ensemble is the statue of his great-grandfather Agias, who, according to the preserved inscription, is among other things honored as the first Thessalian winner of the pankration of the Olympic Games . Furthermore, this statue is a copy of a bronze original by the famous sculptor Lysippus placed in Pharsalos . His grandfather Daochus I was depicted in the robe of a Macedonian chlamys , which probably allows a conclusion to be drawn about the Pro- Macedonian sentiments of Daochus II himself. Only fragments of the feet of his own statue have survived.

The Daochos family
family tree	image
Aparos                                                 Aknonios                                                                     Telemachos     Agias     Agelaos                                       Daochus I.                                                 Sisyphus I.                                                 Daochus II                                                 Sisyphus II	The Daochos Anathema in the Delphi Archaeological Museum . (The statues from left to right :)
	1. Sisyphios II.
	2. Daochus II.	Foot fragments
	3. Sisyphus I.	honored as a warrior
	4. Daochus I.	Tagos of the Thessalian League
	5. Agelaos	one-time winner of the Pythien in the boys' stadium run
	6. Telemachos	Statue not placed here. Winner of several wrestling matches, killing an opponent.
	7. Agias	One-time winner of the Olympics in Pankration, three-time winner of the Pythia, five-time winner of the Nemeen, five-time winner of the Isthmia
	8. Aknonios	tetrarchus in Thessaly

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.
• 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.

Remarks

1. ^ Theopompos , FGrHist. 115 F209; Demosthenes , wreath speech (18), 211; Polybios 18, 14, 4; Plutarch , Demosthenes 18, 2.