(Ἀρχέδημος; Archédēmos).
[1] Athenian politician of c. 400 BC
Athenian politician of c. 400 BC. Archedemus was close to Socrates and Criton (Xen. Mem. 2,9). As administrator of the diobelia, after the battle of the Arginusae in 406 BC he accused the strategos Erasinides of misappropriation of funds and faults in the performance of his official duties (Xen. Hell. 1,7,2), thus initiating the so-called trials of the generals at Arg…