Hippeus (strategos)
Hippeus ( ancient Greek Ἱππεύς ) was a strategos from Samos who was involved in the Peloponnesian War .
He commanded in the battle of the Arginus in 406 BC. The ten Sami ships that fought alongside the Athenian fleet against Sparta and its allies. In Xenophon's representation , his ships were in the center of the first row of the fleet, between the ships of the Athenian strategoi Aristocrates as the left wing and Diomedon as the right wing. Hippeus' ships were lined up to make it difficult for the Spartan fleet to break through.
literature
- Johannes Sundwall : Hippeus 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, Sp. 1700 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hippeus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἱππεύς |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Participant in the Peloponnesian War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |