Author(s):
Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
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Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA)
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Volkmann, Hans (Cologne)
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Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich)
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Zimmermann, Bernhard (Freiburg)
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Et al.
(Φιλοκλῆς;
Philoklês). [German version] [1] Athenian demagogue Athenian demagogue, elected to the office of
stratēgós in 406/5 BC and dispatched with the fleet to Conon [1] at Samos, both of whom thereupon were in command of the fleet in the Hellespont. Re-elected as a
stratēgós, and subsequently partially to blame for the defeat in 405 BC at Aigos Potamos, P. was captured and executed by Lysander [1] for having had the crews of two captured Spartan triremes thrown into the sea (Xen. Hell. 1,7,1; 2,1,32f.; Diod. Sic. 13,104,1f.; Paus. 9, 32,9; Plut. Lysander 13,1f.; Plut. Sulla 42,8). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [German version] [2] Athenian strategós (4th cent. BC) Son of Phormio from the Athenian
dêmos Eroeadae, several times
stratēgós. As
stratēgós at the fortress of Munichia in 324 BC, he refused to allow the small fleet of Harpalus, who had fled from Alexander [4] the Great, into Piraeus, but shortly afterwards permitted Harpalus to enter as a private citizen. In the so-called 'Harpalus affair' (for the chronology see [1]) he was accused of bribery and - like Demosthenes [2] - requested an investigation (
apóphasis) of himself by the Areopagus, expressing the willingness to accept the death penalty if proven guilty (Din. Or. 3, 'Against Philocles'). He was, however, acquitted by the court or sentenced to a minor punishment. His identification with the
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