Therimenes
Therimenes († 412 / 411 v. Chr. ) Was a Spartan admiral in the Peloponnesian War .
Life
Together with the Syracuse Hermocrates , Therimenes led in the summer of 412 BC A Peloponnesian-Sicilian fleet of 55 ships to Ionia . He was late to participate in the Battle of Miletus , but his arrival forced the Athenians to abandon the siege and retreat to Samos . After Therimenes in Miletus had taken another 20 ships from Chios to himself, he undertook together with the Lydian satrap Tissaphernes an attack on the city of Iasos in Caria , which was conquered and sacked. The Persian rebel Amorges was caught.
Therimenes and Tissaphernes then renewed the treaty of alliance between Sparta and the Persian Empire in Miletus . In winter Therimenes handed over the Peloponnesian fleet to the new sea lord Astyochus and then left Miletus. The historian Thucydides writes that he "went off on a boat and disappeared". It can therefore be assumed that he was shipwrecked and perished in the process.
The only source for the life of Therimenes is Thucydides, VIII 26–52.
literature
- Konrad Kinzl: Therimenes. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 739.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thucydides, VIII 38.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Therimenes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spartan fleet leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sparta |
| DATE OF DEATH | 412 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Miletus |