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Charidemus
(227 words)

(Χαρίδημος; Charídēmos).

[German version]

[1] Member of an Athenian delegation, 4th cent. BC

Member of an Athenian delegation which in 359 BC requested the help of Philip II in taking Amphipolis (Theopomp. FGrH 115 F 30a).

Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)

[German version]

[2] Mercenary leader from Oreos, 4th cent. BC

Mercenary leader from Oreos. Main source Dem. Or. 23, especially 144ff. In 360 C. entered the service of the Thracian King  Cotys I, whose daughter he married.…

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Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld), “Charidemus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 26 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e231620>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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