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Ptoeodorus
(127 words)

(Πτωιόδωρος/Ptōiódōros, MSS Πτοιόδωρος/Ptoiódōros).

[German version]

[1] Exiled Theban, c. 425/4 BC

Exiled Theban; c. 425/4 BC, ringleader of a combined Athenian action against Siphae and Delium [1] intended to topple the oligarchic government of the Boeotian League (Thuc. 4,76,2 f.). The undertaking failed miserably.

Bibliography

R.J. Buck, Boiotia and the Boiotian League, 432-371 B.C., 1994, 16-18.

[German version]

[2] Politician from Megara, c. 350 BC

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Beck, Hans (Cologne), “Ptoeodorus”, 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 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1012820>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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