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(Πλούταρχος/ Ploútarchos). [German version] [1] Tyrant of Eretria, 4th cent. BC Tyrant of Eretria [1]. As the guest-friend of Meidias [2], the rich opponent of Demosthenes (Dem. Or. 21,110; 21,200), he turned to Athens for help in 349 BC when the exiled Cleitarchus [1] and Callias [9] of Chalcis, supported by Phalaecus of Phocis and Philippus [4] II, threatened his position (Aeschin. In Ctes. 86-88 with schol.). Phocion led the inglorious and expensive expedition in early 348 BC (Dem. Or. 5,5 with schol.; 39,16). At the battle of Tamynae P. ruined Phocion’s tactics and fled…

(Σώκλαρος; Sṓklaros). [German version] [1] Son of Plutarchus [2] of Chaeronea A son of Plutarchus of Chaeronea (not necessarily the eldest, perhaps named after Plutarch's friend(s) S. [2] and [3]) who was reaching adolescence at the time when his father wrote …

(Πλούταρχος). [English version] [1] Tyrann von Eretria, 4. Jh. v. Chr. Tyrann von Eretria [1]. Als Gastfreund des reichen Demosthenes-Gegners Meidias [2] (Demosth. or. 21,110; 21,200) wandte er sich 3…