Tolmides
Tolmides (Τολμίδης), son of Tolmaios, was an Athenian strategist in the 5th century BC. BC. He was a radical democratic followers of Pericles , led 456/54 v. A fleet company against the Peloponnesian League and fought in Boeotia in 455/54 . 447 BC He led clergy from Athens to the islands of Euboea and Naxos . In the same year he commanded the united armies of the Attic League to suppress a Boeotian uprising, but against the advice of Pericles he did not wait for reinforcements and fell at the Battle of Koroneia . With its defeat, Athens had lost its hegemony over central Greece.
swell
- Plutarch : Biographies. Cape. "Pericles", section 18.
literature
- Konrad Kinzl : Tolmides in: Der Kleine Pauly , Volume 5, Sp. 882-883
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tolmides |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Τολμίδης (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Athenian strategist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 447 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Koroneia |