Timotheus (statesman)
Timotheus ( Greek Τιμόθεος Timótheos ; * in Athens ; † 354 BC ) was an Athenian politician and strategist .
Konon's son was a student and friend of the Athenian orator Isocrates .
378/377 Timotheus first became a strategist. When the Attic League was resurrected , he wore 375/374 BC. To the incorporation of Kerkyra ( Corfu ), Kephallenia , Zakynthos and Epirus (Alketas).
End of June 375 BC He led an Attic fleet of 60 Trieres into the Ionian Sea and was attacked by a Peloponnesian squadron (50 Trieres) under the Nauarch Nikolochus between Leukas and Leukimme. In the following sea battle near Alyzeia , about 2.5 km from the volcanic bay of Akarnania , he was able to repel the Spartan fleet, but had to evade a second sea meeting offered by the soon-to-be-strengthened enemy, because he was no longer able to pay his troops.
Because of the accusation by Iphikrates and Kallistratos that he had insufficiently secured Kerkyra, he was sentenced in 373/372 BC. Removed from office. Shortly afterwards he withdrew to Persia , supported the rebellious satrap Ariobarzanes and conquered in 366 BC. BC Samos back.
362 BC He returned to Athens and refused in the alliance war in 356 BC. His assistance to his colleague Chares in the sea battle of Embata , as a storm crossed the course of the fleet. Chares went into battle without him and suffered a devastating defeat. Timotheus was then accused by Apollodorus in an ice fishing trial and sentenced to a heavy fine as a result. He fled to Chalkis (Euboea), where he lived in 354 BC. BC died.
literature
- The small Pauly Lexikon der Antike, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1979 Volume 5, p. 850
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| SURNAME | Timotheus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Athenian politician and strategist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | 354 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Chalkis |