Author(s):
Patzek, Barbara (Wiesbaden)
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Engels, Johannes (Cologne)
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Ameling, Walter (Jena)
(Κινέας;
Kinéas). [German version] [1] Of Konde, king of the Thessalians, offered military help to Hippias against the Spartans in 511 BC C. of Konde, king (
basileús) of the Thessalians, in 511 BC offered military help in the form of 1,000 Thessalian horsemen to the Athenian tyrant Hippias [1] when he was threatened by the Spartans, and defeated them at Phalerum (Hdt. 5,63f.; [Aristot.] Ath. pol. 19,5). Patzek, Barbara (Wiesbaden) [German version] [2] Thessalian (c. 350-277 BC), diplomat of king Pyrrhus, expert on Roman aristocracy The Thessalian C. (about 350-277 BC), diplomat of king Pyrrhus, supposedly conquered more cities by the word than he -- Pyrrhus -- conquered by the sword (Plut. Pyrrhus 14,3). As an Epicurean he supposedly advised Pyrrhus against a war of conquest in Italy and apparently demonstrated the senselessness of an unlimited desire for conquest (ibid. 14,4-14). C. was sent ahead to Italy to prepare disembarkation in Tarent (ibid. 15,1; 16,1). Many ancient, usually pro-Roman, sources report his unsuccessful negotiations with the Romans after Pyrrhus' victories at Heraclea and Ausculum. C. was considered an expert on the Roman aristocracy; already after a day in Rome he greeted senators and equestrians by name (ibid. 18,4-7; Plin. HN 7,88) and allegedly called the Roman Senate a ‘ synhedrion of kings’ (ibid. 19,6; App. Samn. 10,2-3; Eu…