Author(s):
Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Cologne)
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Engels, Johannes (Cologne)
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Gärtner, Hans Armin (Heidelberg)
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Albiani, Maria Grazia (Bologna)
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Pythéas). [German version] [1] P. from Aegina 5th cent. BC, his son proposed revenge measures after the battle of Plataeae After the battle of Plataeae (479 BC) his son Lampon [1] proposed desecrating the corpse of Mardonius [1] in revenge for Leonidas [1] (Hdt. 9,78). Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Cologne) [German version] [2] P. from Aegina Persian POW after a battle at Sciathos, freed after Salamis Fought so bravely in a skirmish at Sciathos that he inspired wonder in the victorious Persians, who consequently treated him with the greatest respect as a prisoner. In the course of the battle of Salamis he was set free and returned to his homeland. (Hdt. 7,181; 8,92). Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Cologne) [German version] [3] Athenian rhetor, 4th cent. BC Athenian rhetor of the 4th century BC. Initially he supported the policies of Demosthenes [2] (Dem. Ep. 3,29), but in 324 spoke in a debate against divine worship for Alexander [4] the Great (Plut. Mor. 804b) and in 323 was one of the prosecutors in the Harpalus trials (Plut. Mor. 846c; Phot. Bibl. 494 a 36-40). After Alexander's death P. fled to Macedonia (Suda s. v. P.; Plut. Demosthenes 27,1-2) and in 323/2 in the service of Antipater [1] in the Peloponnese opposed the formation of Hypereides…