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Charixenus

(231 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Χαρίξενος; Charíxenos). [German version] [1] Strategos of the Aetolian League in 281/0 and 270/69 BC C. from Trichonium (Aetolia). In 288/7 BC, 281/0 and 270/69 strategos of the Aetolian League (IG IX2 5, 14, 54) [1. 267 note 4]. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [German version] [2] Strategos of the Aetolian League, 3rd cent. BC Aetolian; son of Cydrion. In 260 BC hipparch (IG IX2 18,18); 255/4, 246/5, 241/0 and 234/3 strategos of the Aetolian League (IG IX2 3 B). In the latter role, in 246/5 he invited Greek cities to celebrate the newly organized festival of the  Sote…

Euryptolemus

(129 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Εὐρυπτόλεμος; Euryptólemos). Cousin and close friend of Alcibiades [3] and related to the younger Pericles. In 408 BC, E. and  Diotimus [1] were sworn witnesses to the contract in Chrysopolis between Pharnabazus and Alcibiades and were members of an Athenian delegation to Susa. As a result of a shift in the Persian court in favour of the Spartans, the delegation was detained for quite some time (Xen. Hell. 1,3,12f.; 1,4,1-7). In the Arginusae trial E. argued, first by   paranómōn graphḗ , which he was obliged to withdraw, and then in a publ…

Estimation

(294 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] In many ancient political communities, the right of full citizenship, the active or passive right to vote, the assignment to certain arms of service, and the act of splitting the cost of financial services by the state between the citizens, were all contingent upon economical ability and thereby indirectly dependent upon social status. These rights and duties were assigned on the basis of an estimation. Ancient political theory regarded the requirement of meeting certain qualifica…

Ergocles

(88 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Ἐργοκλῆς; Ergoklês). Athenian strategos. In 404/3 BC, he joined the democrats in Phyle. In 390/89, he operated as a strategos together with Thrasybulus in the Hellespont and on the coast of Asia Minor. After his return, he was indicted for embezzlement, bribery and abuse of authority and sentenced to death; his assets were confiscated (Lys. 28). Since the embezzled money was never found, there were suspicions that Philocrates, trierarch and treasurer under E., had taken possession of this money (Lys. 29). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)

Eikoste

(690 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (εἰκοστή; eikostḗ). Duty or tax at the rate of a twentieth (5%). 1. In Athens, the Peisistratidae presumably were the first to impose tax on agricultural yields in order to finance wars, magnificent buildings, and ceremonial sacrifices, according to Thuc. 6,54,5, at the rate of 5%. In Aristot. Ath. Pol. 16,4; 16,6, tax is called ‘tithe’ (δεκάτη), (cf. Hdt. 1,64,1). 2. In 413/2 BC, the Athenians imposed import and export tax at the rate of 5% on their symmachoi (allies) in the Delian-Athenian League instead of the   phoroi in order to cover the ris…

Nautikon daneion

(465 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ναυτικὸν δάνειον/ nautikòn dáneion; sea loan). The ND was a loan ( dáneion) granted to a long-distance merchant ( émporos) or ship's owner ( naúklēros) at interest (ναυτικὸς τόκος, nautikós tókos) for the duration of a commercial voyage - either for a one-way voyage (ἑτερόπλουν δάνειον, heteróploun dáneion) or for a round trip (ἀμφοτερόπλουν δάνειον, amphoteróploun dáneion) - for which the ship or its freight was the bond ( hypothḗkē [1]). Egyptian documents show that guarantors assumed liability for the fulfilment of the agreement. The loan agreement ( syngraphḗ

Naukleros

(290 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ναύκληρος; naúklēros). A naúklēros was a ship-owner or also a captain conducting internal or overseas trade with his own or a leased ship (cf. Hdt. 1,5,2; 4,152,1; Xen. Oec. 8,12). He also offered other traders cargo space for sea transport; the naúklēros was thus not always distinct from the émporos . From the end of the 4th cent. BC, the naúklēroi, who were predominantly foreigners, often formed their own associations, often cultic (Associations); trading societies with their own capital separate from the private wealth of participants …

Phares

(225 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Φάραξ/ Phárax). [German version] [1] Spartan military officer (end of the 5th/beginning of the 4th cent. BC) Spartan, in 405 BC second in command at Aigos potamos (Paus. 6,3,15). As a naúarchos (naval commander) he took part in operations with Dercylidas in Caria in the early summer of 397 (Xen. Hell. 3,2,12-14) and intercepted the Athenian legates to Persia who were executed in Sparta (Hell. Oxyrh. 10,1 Chambers). In 396 he besieged Conon [1] in Caunus with 120 ships (Diod. 14,79,4f.) [1]. In 390 as próxenos ( Proxenía ) of the Thebans he supported the Boeot…

Misthos

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Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(μισθός; misthós). [German version] I. Definition The word misthós was used in Greece in the meaning of ‘price’ or ‘payment’ for a service performed (wage, salary). Misthós also meant the remuneration for granting the use of movable and unmovable goods (cf. μίσθωσις, místhōsis ). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [German version] II. Archaic and Classical Period Members of the sub-peasant class (thetes, pelátai ), who hired themselves out as agricultural servants to nobles or farmers, lived on the estate, received provisions and after th…

Kapelos

(298 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (κάπηλος; kápēlos). The kapelos was a Greek merchant at the local market, selling various goods including foods; he also served wine, vinegar, or other beverages. The specifications added to the word kapelos (e.g. ἐλαιο-, οἰνο-, σιτο-κάπηλος; oil, wine, grain kapelos) show how diverse retail in Athens was in the 5th and 4th cents. BC. Specialized kápēloi were concentrated in specific areas of the market or in specific streets. Female vendors (καπηλίς, kapēlís) are attested as well (cf. Dem. Or. 57,30ff.). The καπηλεῖον ( kapēleîon) was a permanent booth or store…

Androclidas

(156 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Ἀνδροκλείδας; Androkleídas). Prominent politician in Thebes. Belonged to the group around  Ismenias, who in 395 BC with Persian money was supposed to involve Sparta in a war, in order to force  Agesilaus [2] to pull out of Asia Minor and to weaken the friends of Sparta around  Leontiades in Thebes. On the advice of A., Thebes helped the Locrians in the war against the Phocians, which caused Sparta to become involved (Hell. Oxy. 20,1-2; 21 Chambers; Xen. Hell. 3,5,1-5; Plut. Lys. 27). When Sparta occupied the Cadmea in 382 and Leontiades had Ismenias taken prisoner, c. 300 …

Hekatoste

(358 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ἑκατοστή; hekatostḗ). In antiquity  taxes of 1% were called hekatoste: 1. There were numerous forms of hekatoste in Athens (Aristoph. Vesp. 658), like the ἑκατοστὴ ἡ ἐν Πειραιεῖ ( hekatostḗ hē en Peiraieí) mentioned in Ps.-Xen. Ath. pol. 1,17, and the port customs duty documented in IG I3 182 l.15. According to Theophrast (F 650 Fortenbaugh; Stob. 44,20 Wachsmuth-Hense) the buyer of a piece of land had to pay a 1% sales tax. Ancient and Byzantine lexica mention ‘certain hekatoste’ among the sales taxes (ἐπώνια; epṓnia) (Anecd. Bekk. I 255,1). Three fragmentary in…

Mnasippus

(88 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Μνάσιππος/ Mnásippos). Spartan, was sent in 373 BC as naúarchos with a fleet against Cercyra, besieged the city and devastated its territories. The Athenians sent a fleet to the aid of Cercyra in 372, but by the time they arrived M. had already lost control of his mercenaries, owing to arrears in pay, and had been defeated. He fell in battle; Sparta discontinued the operation (Xen. Hell. 6,2,3-26; 31; Diod. 15,47,1-7) [1. 414]. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography 1 W.K. Pritchett, The Greek State at War, vol. 5, 1991.

Phayllus

(158 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Φάϋλλος/ Pháÿllos). [German version] [1] Phocian strategos (4th cent. BC) A Phocian (Phocis) stratēgós, who was dispatched with 7000 soldiers to support Lycophron [3] of Pherae against  Philip [4] II of Macedonia during the third of the Sacred Wars in 353 BC, but suffered a defeat. After the death of his brother Onomarchus he assumed supreme command over the Phocians as stratēgòs autokrátōr and kept Philip from Thermopylae with Spartan, Athenian and Achaean help and mercenaries, whom he rewarded with treasures from Delphic temples. P. took the war to Boeo…

Strombichides

(113 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Στρομβιχίδης/ Strombichídēs). Son of Diotimus [1], Attic strategos in 412/1 BC. His operations against Teosin 412 BC were unsuccessful (Thuc. 8,15,1; 8,16,1-2) and he, Onomaclesand Euctemon besieged Chiosin vain (Thuc. 8,30; 8,33,2-34; 8,38; 8,40 f.; 8,55,2-56,1; 8,61-63). From there he went to the Hellespontus in the spring of 411 in order to salvage Athens's lost authority there (conquest of Lampsacus and Sestus, Thuc. 8,62). In 411 he remained true to democracy and was active in the …

Tamia

(66 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ταμία/ tamía). In a well-to-do Greek house the tamia managed provisions and objects of value stored in the house, usually in a lockable closet ( Tamieion ; Thalamos ). Among the servants she had a special status and enjoyed the trust of the owner of the house (Hom. Od. 2,345; Pind. Ol. 13,7; Xen. Oec. 9,10-13; 10,10; Lib. Or. 16,47). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)

Tamieion

(163 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ταμιεῖον, tamieîon). Cash office or strong-room in which monies and objects of value belonging to temples, the polis or private individuals were kept by a bursar or treasurer, a servant of the household (ταμίας/ tamías, ταμία/ tamía). For the Athenian symmachia (Delian League), the Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos was the treasury (κοινὸν ταμιεῖον/ koinón tamieion) for incoming dues (φόροι/ phóroi; Thuc. 1,96,2; Diod. Sic. 11,47,1). In Athens, the ὀπισθόδομος/ opisthódomos was the place in which the financial resources of the polis were kept. Tamieion is also the t…

Apophora

(180 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ἀποφορά; apophorá). Payment made by independently working slaves to their master (And. 1,38; Hyp. Ath. 9; 19; Theophr. Char. 30,15). Aeschines (1,97) set the amount of the apophora for a trained craftsman at two oboli daily and for the head of the ergasterion (ἡγημών; hēgēmṓn) at three. The revenue exceeding this amount remained with the slave, who was in this way able to earn money to purchase freedom and occasionally even acquire wealth (Xen. Ath. Pol. 1,11). It is impossible to estimate how large the number of independently working slaves was. Possibly, apophora also…

Emporos

(443 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ἔμπορος; émporos). In the Odyssey emporos is a passenger travelling on a foreign ship (Hom. Od. 2,319; 24,300f.). The merchant and shipowner trading in goods for profit, however, is called πρηκτήρ ( prēktḗr) or ἀρχὸς ναυτάων ( archós nautáōn) in Od. 8,161-164. In keeping with epic language travellers on land and sea are emporoi in Attic tragedies. Hesiod, however, already uses ἐμπορίη ( emporíē; Hes. Op. 646) to describe trading by ship and Herodotus also uses the word in that sense . In the Classical period emporos was used in particular of a merchant trading ove…

Diagraphein, diagraphe

(253 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (διαγράφειν, διαγραφή; diagráphein, diagraphḗ) . (1) In Attic procedural law, diagraphḗ referred to the deletion of a suit from the court list after the prosecutor had either abandoned the case or failed to pay the court fees, or if the defendant objected to the admissibility of the action either by   paragraphḗ (παραγραφή) or by   diamartyría (διαμαρτυρία). (2) The term diagraphḗ is also used for the registration of shares in mines leased from the polis, with their respective boundaries, in a register (Harpocr. s.v. διαγραφή). (3) Additionally, it is a banking ter…

Charidemus

(227 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Χαρίδημος; Charídēmos). [German version] [1] Member of an Athenian delegation, 4th cent. BC Member of an Athenian delegation which in 359 BC requested the help of Philip II in taking Amphipolis (Theopomp. FGrH 115 F 30a). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [German version] [2] Mercenary leader from Oreos, 4th cent. BC Mercenary leader from Oreos. Main source Dem. Or. 23, especially 144ff. In 360 C. entered the service of the Thracian King  Cotys I, whose daughter he married. After Cotys' death he endeavoured to establish the minor  Cersobleptes as…

Eisphora

(546 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (εἰσφορά; eisphorá). In Athens, the eisphora was an extra-budgetary, direct wealth-tax imposed on wealthy Athenians during financial crises, primarily during wars, by order of the public assembly. According to Aristot. Ath. Pol. 8,3, an eisphora supposedly existed already in the Solonic period. However, the wording of the law cited there mentions only a general collection of taxes through the   naukraroi . According to Thuc. 3,19,1, an eisphora was imposed in 428/7 BC for the first time (πρῶτον) in the amount of 200 talents due to the high costs of war. Since an eisphora

Laches

(266 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Λάχης; Láchēs). [German version] [1] Athenian strategós from a wealthy family, sent to Sicily in 427 BC with 20 warships Athenian stratēgós from a wealthy family, sent to Sicily in 427 BC with 20 warships to protect the cities allied to Leontini (Thuc. 3,86) against Syracuse, he successfully led a number of campaigns out of Rhegium against the Aeolian Islands, Mylae, Inessa and the Locrians (Thuc. 3,88; 90; 99; 103; Diod. Sic. 12,54,4f.). After his return in the winter of 426/5 (Thuc. 3,115), he was prosecuted with…

Erasinides

(160 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Ἐρασινίδης; Erasinídēs). Athenian strategos. In 409 BC he petitioned that Thrasybulus of Calydon be honoured with a golden wreath for the killing of the oligarch Phrynichus (IG I3 102). Elected strategos in the spring of 407, in 406 E. was encircled with Conon at Mytilene, but was able to fight his way through by ship to Athens (Xen. Hell. 1,6,16-22). E. commanded a squadron at the sea-battle at the Arginusae, and subsequently urged a rapid attack on the Spartan fleet lying off Mytilene (Xen. Hell. 1,6,29-38;…

Tamias

(870 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ταμίας/ tamías, pl. ταμίαι/ tamíai). Administrator of temple coffers or state coffers. In Athens the tamiai of Athena (ταμίαι. τῆς θεοῦ, tamíai tȇs theoû) held the most important treasury office. The ten tamiai were appointed by lot from the property class of the pentakosiomédimnoi , one from each phylḗ . At the beginning of their year of office, in the presence of the council ( boulḗ ) the tamiai were handed the gold-ivory image of Athena, the bronze statues of Nike, covered in silver and gold leaves, the votive offerings and the balance of cash …

Melon

(118 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Μέλων; Mélōn). A Theban. Together with Pelopidas and other conspirators, he prepared from Athens for the overthrow of the oligarchy at Thebes in 379 BC. Having secretly returned, they killed the polémarchoi and Leontiades [2], one of the leading figures among the oligarchs (Xen. Hell. 5,4,2-9; Plut. Pelopidas 8-12; Plut. de genio Socratis 576a; 587d; 596d; 597a). They freed the political prisoners and proclaimed freedom, were honoured in the people's assembly and elected as boeotarchs (Plut.…

Siteresion

(110 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (σιτηρέσιον/ sitērésion, 'maintenance money'). In Greece from the middle of the 5th cent. BC money was paid out for maintenance to citizens serving as equestrians, foot soldiers or oarsmen on warships. Hence the terms μισθός/ misthós, τροφή/ trophḗ, σῖτος/ sîtos and siteresion were used synonymously in the 5th century BC. From the 4th cent. BC onwards a clearer distinction was made between soldiers' pay and contributions for maintenance (= siteresion) (Xen. An. 6,2,4; Dem. Or. 4,28 f.; 50,53; Aristot. Oec. 1353a 19-23). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography 1…

Lamachus

(165 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Λάμαχος; Lámachos). Athenian, carried out a successful expedition in c. 436/5 BC against the tyrant of Sinope (Plut. Pericles 20,1). As stratēgós in 424, L. lost ten warships in a storm off Heraclea (Thuc. 4,75,1f.; Diod. Sic. 12,72,4). In early 421, L. was one of the Athenian emissaries who swore to uphold the Peace of Nicias [1] and the Athenian-Spartan symmachía (Thuc. 5,19,2; 24,1). In 416/5, Alcibiades [3], Nicias and L. were elected stratēgoí autokrátores (‘authorized military leaders’) of the Sicilian expedition (Thuc. 6,8,2; And. 1,11; Lys. 13,…

Mnasilochus

(62 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Μνασίλοχος; Mnasílochos). Athenian, in 411 BC árchōn during the oligarchic regime of the 400 ( tetrakósioi ). After two months in office dismissed by the 5000 (Aristot. Ath. Pol. 33,1; IG I3 373,2). Probably identical with the Mnesilochus mentioned by Xenophon (Hell. 2,3,2), one of the 30 tyrants of 404/3. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography PA 10324  Traill, PAA 656955.

Leotrophides

(57 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Λεωτροφίδης; Leōtrophídēs). Athenian stratēgós, who together with Timarchus defeated the Megarans at Mount Cerata on the Attic-Megaran border in 409 BC (Diod. Sic. 13,65,1f.); probably identical with the chorēgós L. mocked for his leanness in Aristophanes (Av. 1406), Theopomp. Com. fr. 25 and Hermippus fr. 36 PCG. Traill, PAA 607065. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)

Agoratus

(121 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Ἀγόρατος; Agóratos). Metic in Piraeus, son of the slave Eumares. In 409 BC, A. was honoured because of his participation in the murder of the oligarch  Phrynichus (GHI2 85; IG I3 102). In 404, he denounced before the council the opponents of the peace treaty with Sparta negotiated by  Theramenes. They were sentenced and executed for treason. Later A. received citizenship. After 400 he was brought before the court by means of   apagoge by a relative of one of the denounced individuals. Lysias wrote his thirteenth speech for the plaintiff. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibl…

Pentekoste

(333 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (πεντηκοστή/ pentēkostḗ, the 'fiftieth') was a duty at the rate of two per cent. There is evidence of pentekostaí in many Greek cities, such as Athens, Epidaurus, Troezen, Cyparissia, Ceos, Delos, Cimolos (SEG 44,710 Z.31), Erythrae, Cnidus, Halicarnassus, in the Hermias region and in the cities of Upper Egypt, as an import and export duty raised ad valorem on all goods. Before ships were loaded or unloaded goods had to be declared to the πεντηκοστολόγοι ( pentēkostológoi). In Athens the tax on foreign trade amounted to one per cent until the Peloponnesia…

Callimedon

(176 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Καλλιμέδων; Kallimédōn). Athenian, son of Callicrates, pro-oligarchic politician. He was forced to leave Athens before 324 BC because of his pro-Macedonian position. In Megara he participated in the anti-constitutional activities of the Athenian émigrés, which is why Demosthenes [2] had an   eisangelia issued against him (Din. 1,94). During the  Lamian War C. stayed with  Antipater [1], upon whose orders he attempted to prevent the Peloponnesian states from joining the Hellenic League (Plut. Demosthen…

Chabrias

(366 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Χαβρίας; Chabrías). Important Athenian general and mercenary leader. Taking part in  Thrasybulus' campaigns in Thrace during the Corinthian War, at the beginning of 389 BC he succeeded  Iphicrates as general in the Peloponnese. In 388 he set off for Cyprus with Athenian forces to support King Evagoras against Persia. On the way there, victory against the Spartans on Aegina (Xen. Hell. 5,1,10-13). When the King's Peace (386) made it impossible for him to remain in Cyprus, C. entere…

Peloponnesian War

(1,544 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] A. Definition The term PW is primarily used to describe the military confrontation between Athens and its allies on the one hand (Delian League) and Sparta and its confederates on the other (Peloponnesian League) between 431 and 404 BC. The term PW ( Peloponnēsiakòs pólemos) occurs first in Diodorus Siculus [18] (12,37,2; 13,107,5 etc.); it was already familiar to Cicero (Cic. Rep. 3,44: magnum illud Peloponnesiacum bellum), but probably dates back to Ephorus or a Hellenistic chronicler [3. 60 n. 65; 5. 294f.]. Thucydides speaks of the 'War of t…

Apotimema

(178 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ἀποτίμημα; apotímēma). In cases of wardship the archont transferred the orphan's wealth after an evaluation to the guardian or tenant, who provided a collateral-like surety, the apotimema, for it. The procedure secured the ward's direct access to the mortgaged items at a later time and by granting the apotimema permitted the guardian or tenant to free himself from further demands by the ward. Likewise, the husband provided an apotimema for the dowry received in endowments, so that he was freed from the obligation of reversal in case of a marriage…

Phratria

(502 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(φρατρία/ phratría, 'brotherhood'). [German version] A. Origin and definition In older research the Greek phratries were thought to be associations of kin dating from the migration period (Doric migration Colonisation II). According to more recent research they supposedly derive from neighbourly organizations, which first took on increasing significance in the Archaic period (after the 8th cent. BC). Yet the fact that the term phrátēr already no longer means 'natural brother' in the epics of the 8th cent. BC suggests that phratries as fictional associatio…

Macartatus

(282 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Μακάρτατος; Makártatos). [German version] [1] Athenian, fell in battle in 458/7 or Athenian, fell in battle in 458/7 or c. 410 BC as a cavalryman against the Lacedaemonians The Athenians M. and Melanopus fell in battle in 458/7 or c. 410 BC as cavalrymen in the battle against the Lacedaemonians and Boeotians in the border territory between Tanagra and Eleon. Pausanias (1,29,6) saw a stele dedicated to the two of them in the Kerameikos. A remnant of the base of this stele appears to have been found (IG I3 1288). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography PA 9658 Traill, PAA 631475. …

Monopoly

(579 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] I. Greece Although the terms μονοπωλία/ monopōlía and μονοπώλιον/ monopṓlion are documented only since the late 4th cent. BC (Aristot. Pol. 1259a 21-23; Hyp. fr. 43 Jensen), monopolies existed much earlier. According to Aristotle, the poleis set up monopolies for certain goods, especially in times of financial difficulty; such measures belonged to the art of acquiring ( chrēmatistikḗ ). We know of monopolies on sales and exports: private individuals, cities or rulers controlled the trade in certain goods in order to…

Boeotarchs

(170 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] The most important office in the Boeotian League. The College of Boeotarchs, elected by the 11 districts for one year's service, consisted of 11 Boeotarchs before 386 BC, of seven after 364 and of eight at times in 338. Larger cities nominated two boeotarchs, and Thebes, after the capture of Plataea (427 and 373), four. Their extensive powers included, i.a., probouleutic functions for the League's assembly and services as emissaries, but the most important was military command of …

Gryllus

(113 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Γρύλλος; Grýllos). [German version] [1] Father of Xenophon Athenian; father of  Xenophon. Traill, PAA 281935. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [German version] [2] Son of Xenophon, 4th cent. BC Son of  Xenophon, born after 399 BC. G. was brought up with his brother Diodorus in Sparta. In 362 both fought in the Athenian army as allies of Sparta; G. died fighting on horseback in a skirmish before the battle of Mantinea and was greatly honoured for this (Xen. Hell. 7,5,15-17; Diog. Laert. 2,52-55; Paus. 8,9,5). In Athens a pai…

Theramenes

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Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Θηραμένης/ Thēraménēs). Important Athenian politician and commander in the late 5th cent. BC; son of Hagnon [1]; teacher of Isocrates. T. participated in the oligarchic overthrow of Athens in 411, was a member of the council of 400 ( T etrakósioi ) and stratēgós . He opposed efforts to end the war against the Peloponnesian Alliance through granting serious concessions and played an essential role in tearing down the fortification of Eetionia which had been built under the oligarchs and which was suppose…

Phanosthenes

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Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Φανοσθένης; Phanosthénēs) of Andros. He was named próxenos ( proxenía ) and euergétēs of the Athenians, probably because of his services in introducing shipbuilding timber; he was later granted Athenian citizenship and was selected as stratēgós for 407/6 BC. After the defeat at Notion, Ph. succeeded Conon [1] at the siege of Andros, intercepting two ships from Thurii which were attempting to join the Spartan fleet (Plat. Ion 541d; Xen. Hell. 1,5,18f.; IG I3 182). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography H.A. Reiter, Athen und die Poleis des Delisch-Attisch…

Menexenus

(101 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Μενέξενος; Menéxenos). [German version] [1] Son of Socrates A son of Socrates, still a child when his father died (Plat. Apo. 34d; Phd. 116b; Diog. Laert. 2,26). See Socratics. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography A.-H. Chroust, A Comment On Aristotle's On Noble Birth, in: WS 85 N.F. 6, 1972, 19-32 PA 9975 Traill, PAA 644865. [German version] [2] Pupil of Socrates Pupil of the Sophist Ctesippus, a relative, and of Socrates, at whose death he was present (Plat. Lys. 206d; 211c; Plat. Phd. 59b). Plato named his dialogue ‘M.’ after him. See Socratics. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bib…

Callixenus

(112 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Καλλίξενος; Kallíxenos). Athenian, successfully pleaded in the Council in 406 BC for a sentencing of the generals because they failed to rescue shipwreck victims after the battle of the Arginusae; his request to have the generals executed when found guilty was submitted to the popular assembly. After  Euryptolemus was forced to drop a suit of unlawfulness ( Paranomon graphe), the generals were sentenced to death. Later when proceedings were initiated against the accusers, C. fled …

Rhinon

(186 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Ῥίνων; Rhínōn). Attic politician, who was a member (Paredros) of the Hellēnotamíai in 417/6 BC and after the fall of the Thirty (Triakonta) was one of the committee of the Ten (Deka), which in 403 achieved reconciliation with the democrats in Piraeus and their return to the city. After democracy was restored, R. accounted for his actions in office and was elected stratēgós for 403/2 and treasurer of the goddess Athena and the other gods for the year 402/1 (ML 77,26 f.; [Aristot.] Ath. pol. 38,3 f.; Aristot. fr. 611 Rose2; Isoc. Or. 18,6; 18,8; IG II/II2 1371). Aeschines [1]…

Corinthian War

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Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] A war named after the area of military operations around  Corinth; triggered by a border conflict between Locrians and Phocians in 395 BC, and brought to an end by the  King's Peace in 386. Sparta as an ally of the Locrians invaded the Phocians' ally Boeotia, which entered into a military alliance ( symmachia) with Athens. After the Spartan defeat outside  Haliartus in 395 (death of  Lysander), Corinth and Argos joined the Athenian-Theban symmachia (StV II2 225). An allied advance against Laconia in 394 ended with the defeat at the Nemea stream. The Spar…

Cleitophon

(67 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (Κλειτοφῶν; Kleitophôn). Athenian, a disciple of  Socrates (Pl. Resp. 1,328b; 340a-b). Plato's dialogue C . is named after him. C. proposed to consider Cleisthenes' constitution for the planned changes in 411 BC. In 404 he represented the pátrios politeía viewpoint together with  Theramenes and others ([Aristot.] Ath. Pol. 29,3; 34,3). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography PA 8546 M. Chambers, Aristoteles. Staat der Athener, 1990, 277 Rhodes 375-377.

Argyrologoi nees

(92 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[German version] (ἀργυρολόγοι νῆες; argyrológoi nêes). With the onset of the Peloponnesian War the Athenians sent out special ships to collect overdue tribute (φόροι; phóroi) and additional renders from members of the Athenian League. The ships were commanded by generals (Thuc. 2,69,1; 3,19,1; 4,50,1; 4,75,1; Aristoph. Equ. 1070 f.; Aristot. Ath. Pol. 24,3; Xen. Hell. 1,1,8; 1,1,12). The word ἀργυρολογεῖν ( argyrologeîn) is also in general use for the collection of monies (Xen. Hell. 4,8,30; Aeschin. Ctes. 159).  Athenian League Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography 1 S. …

Phratrie

(446 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(φρατρία, “Bruderschaft”). [English version] A. Ursprung und Definition In der älteren Forsch. wurden die griech. Ph. als Verwandtschaftsverbände gesehen und auf die Wanderu…

Eisphora

(498 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (εἰσφορά). Die e. war in Athen eine außerordentliche direkte Vermögenssteuer, die in finanziellen …

Mnasippos

(82 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Μνάσιππος). Spartiat, wurde 373 v.Chr. als naúarchos mit einer Flotte gegen Kerkyra gesandt, belagerte die Stadt und verwüstete deren Gebiet. Die Athener sandten 372 Kerkyra eine Flotte zu Hilfe, doch schon vor deren Ankunft hatte M. wegen ausstehenden Solds die Kontrolle über seine Söldner verloren und war geschlagen worden. Er fiel im Kampf; Sparta brach das Unternehmen ab (Xen. hell. 6,2,3-26; 31; Diod. 15,47,1-7) [1. 414]. Schmitz, Winfried…

Aineas

(51 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Αἰνέας). Aus Stymphalos. Stratege der Arkader um 366 v. Chr. (Xen. hell. 7,3,1). Ob mit Aineias [2] Taktikos identisch, ist nicht zu entscheiden. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography D. Whitehead…

Chabrias

(336 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Χαβρίας). Bedeutender athenischer Feldherr und Söldnerführer. Im Korinthischen Krieg an Thrasybulos' mil. Unternehmungen in Thrakien beteiligt, löste er Anf. 389 v.Chr. Iphikrates als Feldherr auf der Peloponnes ab. 388 brach er mit athenischen Streitkräften nach Zypern auf, zur Unterstützung des Königs Euagoras gegen Persien. Auf der Fahrt dorthin Sieg gegen die Spartaner auf Aigina (Xen. hell. 5,1,10-13). Als der Königsfriede (386) ein Verbleiben in Zypern unmöglich machte, tr…

Rhinon

(184 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Ῥίνων). Att. Politiker, der 417/6 v. Chr. Beisitzer ( párhedros ) der hellēnotamíai war und nach dem Sturz der “Dreißig” ( triákonta ) zu dem Gremium der Zehnmänner ( déka ) g…

Ergokles

(77 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Ἐργοκλῆς). Athenischer Stratege. Schloß sich 404/3 v.Chr. den Demokraten in Phyle an. Operierte 390/89 als Stratege mit Thrasybulos im Hellespont und an der kleinasiatischen Küste. Nach seiner Rückkehr wurde er wegen Unterschlagung, Bestechung und Amtsmißbrauchs angeklagt und zum Tode verurteilt; sein Vermögen wurde konfisziert (Lys. 28). Da die unterschlagenen Gelder nicht gefunden wurden, verdächtigte man Philokrates, Trierarch und Schatzmeister unter E., die Gelder an sich gebracht zu haben (Lys. 29).…

Naukleros

(268 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (ναύκληρος). Ein n. war ein Schiffseigentümer oder aber ein Kapitän, der mit einem eigenen oder gepachteten Schiff Binnen- oder Überseehandel trieb (vgl. Hdt. 1,5,2; 4,152,1; Xen. oik. 8,12). Darüber hinaus bot er anderen Händlern Laderaum für den Seetransport an; daher wurde der n. nicht immer klar vom émporos unterschieden. Seit Ende des 4. Jh.v.Chr. schlossen sich die naúklēroi, die vorwiegend Fremde waren, zu Vereinigungen, häufig Kultvereinen (Vereine), zusammen; Handelsgesellschaften, die über ein vom Priv…

Phayllos

(153 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Φάϋλλος). [English version] [1] Stratege der Phoker (4. Jh. v. Chr.) Stratēgós der Phoker (Phokis, Phokeis), wurde im 3. Heiligen Krieg 353 v.Chr. mit 7000 Soldaten zur Unterstützung Lykophrons [3] von Pherai gegen Philippos [4] II. von Makedonien nach Thessalien entsandt, erlitt aber eine Niederlage. Nach dem Tod seines Bruders Onomarchos übernahm er als stratēgós autokrátōr den Oberbefehl über die Phoker und versperrte Philippos mit spartan., athen. und achaiischer Hilfe und Söldnern, die er mit delphischen Tempelsch…

Melon

(104 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Μέλων). Thebaner, bereitete von Athen aus mit Pelopidas und anderen Verschworenen den Sturz der Oligarchie in Theben 379 v.Chr. vor. Heimlich zurückgekehrt, töteten sie die polémarchoi und Leontiades [2], einen der führenden Köpfe der Oligarchen (Xen. hell. 5,4,2-9; Plut. Pelopidas 8-12; Plut. de genio Socratis 576a; 587d; 596d; 597a). Sie befreiten die polit. Gefangenen und proklamierten die Freiheit, wurden in der Volksversammlung geehrt und zu Boiotarchen gewählt (Plut.…

Kapelos

(286 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (κάπηλος). Der k. war ein griech. Kleinhändler auf dem lokalen Markt und verkaufte verschiedene Waren, darunter auch Nahrungsmittel; außerdem schenkte er Wein, Essig oder andere Getränke aus. Die zum Wort k. hinzugesetzten Spezifizierungen (z.B. ἐλαιο-, οἰνο-, σιτο-κάπηλος; Öl-, Wein-, Getreide- k.) zeigen, wie differenziert der Kleinhandel in Athen im 5. und 4. Jh.v.Chr. war. Spezialisierte kápēloi konzentrierten sich an bestimmten Stellen des Marktes oder in bestimmten Straßen. Auch Kleinhändlerinnen (καπηλίς, kapēlís) sind belegt (vgl. Demosth.…

Kallixenos

(100 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Καλλίξενος). Athener, plädierte 406 v.Chr. im Rat erfolgreich für eine Verurteilung der Strategen wegen unterlassener Bergung von Schiffbrüchigen nach der Arginusenschlacht; sein Antrag, die Strategen bei Schuldspruch hinzurichten, wurde der Volksversammlung vorgelegt. Nachdem Euryptolemos gezwungen worden war, eine Klage wegen Gesetzwidrigkeit ( paranómōn graphḗ ) fallenzulassen, wurden die Strategen zum Tode verurteilt. Als man später gegen die Ankläger vorging, entfloh K. und kehrte erst nach der Amn…

Pentekoste

(307 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (πεντηκοστή, die “Fünfzigste”) war eine Abgabe in Höhe von zwei Prozent. Pentekostaí sind in vielen griech. Städten, so in Athen, Epidauros, Troizen, Kyparissia, Keos, Delos, Kimolos (SEG 44,710 Z.31), Erythrai, Knidos, Halikarnassos, im Gebiet des Hermias und in oberägypt. Städten als Zoll belegt, der auf alle importierten und exportierten Waren ad valorem erhoben wurde. Vor dem Löschen der Ladung bzw. dem Beladen des Schiffes waren die Waren bei den πεντηκοστολόγοι ( pentēkostológoi) zu deklarieren. In Athen betrug die Fernhandelssteuer bis zum Pe…

Apophora

(174 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (ἀποφορά). Abgabe, die selbständig arbeitende Sklaven an ihren Herrn zu entrichten hatten (And. 1,38; Hyp. Ath. 9; 19; Theophr. char. 30,15). Die Höhe der a. ist bei Aischines (1,97) für einen ausgebildeten Handwerker mit zwei, für den Leiter des Ergasterions (ἡγημών) mit drei Obolen täglich angegeben. Der darüber hinausgehende Ertrag blieb dem Sklaven, der dadurch Geld zum Freikauf, mitunter auch Reichtum, erwerben konnte (Xen. Ath.pol. 1,11). Wie groß die Zahl unabhängig wirtschaftender Sklaven war, läßt sich nicht schätzen. Möglicherweise bezeichnet a. darüber hinaus den Mietzins, den derjenige, der fremde Sklaven mietete, an den Besitzer des Sklaven zu zahlen hatte (Demosth. or. 27,20; 53,20; Hyp. Lyc. 1 f.). Die Zahl vermieteter Sklaven betrug in Einzelfällen mehrere Hundert. Xenophon nennt für den Bergbau einen Mietzins von einem Obolos netto pro Tag. Er schlug vor, die Polis Athen solle zur Steigerung ihrer Einnahmen Sklaven erwerben und an Bergwerksbetreiber vermieten (Xen. vect. 4,14-24). Sklaverei Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography 1 E. E. Cohen, Athenian Economy and Society, 1992, 93 f. 2 Lauffer, BL, 67-71,…

Emporos

(430 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (ἔμπορος). In der Odyssee ist e. ein Passagier, der auf fremdem Schiff mitfährt (Hom. Od. 2,319; 24,300f.). Der Händler und Schiffseigner, der Waren wegen des Gewinnes verhandelt, heißt in Od. 8,161-164 hingegen πρηκτήρ ( prēktḗr) bzw. ἀρχὸς ναυτάων ( archós nautáōn). In Anlehnung an die epische Sprache sind e. in att. Tragödien Reisende zu Land und See. Bereits Hesiod aber bezeichnet mit ἐμπορίη ( emporíē; Hes. erg. 646) das Verhandeln von Waren zu Schiff, und in diesem Sinne gebraucht auch Herodot (2,39,2) den Begriff e. In klass. Zeit steht e.

Erasinides

(149 words)

Korinthischer Krieg

(343 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] Nach dem mil. Operationsgebiet um Korinthos benannter Krieg, ausgelöst durch einen Grenzkonflikt zwischen Lokrern und Phokern 395 v.Chr. und beendet durch den Königsfrieden 386. Sparta rückte als Verbündeter der Lokrer in das mit den Phokern verbündete Boiotien ein, das mit Athen eine Symmachie einging. Nach der spartan. Niederlage vor Haliartos 395 (Tod des Lysandros) traten Korinth und Argos der athen.-thebanischen Symmachie bei (StV II2…

Menexenos

(99 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Μενέξενος). [English version] [1] Sohn des Sokrates Einer von Sokrates' Söhnen, beim Tod des Vaters noch ein Kind (Plat. apol. 34d; Phaid. 116b; Diog. Laert. 2,26); Sokratiker. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography A.-H. Chroust, A Comment On Aristotle's On Noble Birth, in: WS 85 N.F. 6, 1972, 19-32  PA 9975  Traill, PAA 644865. [English version] [2…

Phanosthenes

(94 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Φανοσθένης) von Andros. Er wurde wahrscheinlich wegen seiner Verdienste um die Einfuhr von Schiffsbauhölzern zum próxenos ( proxenía ) und euergétēs der Athener ernannt, erhielt später das attische Bürgerrecht und wurde für 407/6 v.Chr. zum stratēgós gewählt. Nach der Niederlage von Notion löste Ph. Konon [1] bei der Belagerung von Andros ab und fing zwei Schiffe aus Thurioi ab, die zur spartan. Flotte stoßen wollten (Plat. Ion 541d; Xen. hell. 1,5,18f.; IG I…

Argyrologoi nees

(89 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (ἀργυρολόγοι νῆες). Mit Beginn des Peloponnesischen Krieges entsandten die Athener spezielle Schiffe, um rückständige Tribute (φόροι) oder darüber hinausgehende Abgaben bei den Mitgliedern des Attischen Seebundes einzutreiben. Die Schiffe standen unter dem Kommando von Strategen (Th…

Androkleidas

(142 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Ἀνδροκλείδας). Prominenter Politiker Thebens. Gehörte zur Gruppe um Ismenias, die 395 v. Chr. mit persischem Geld Sparta in einen Krieg verwickeln sollte, um Agesilaos [2] zum Abzug aus Kleinasien zu zwingen und in Theben die Spartafreunde um Leontiades zu schwächen. Auf Anraten des A. half Theben den Lokrern im Krieg gegen die Phoker, was Sparta zum Eingreifen veranlaßte (Hell. Oxyrh. 20,1-2; 21 Chambers; Xen. hell. 3,5,1-5; Plut. Lysander 27). Als die Spartaner 382 die Kadmeia…

Gryllos

(101 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Γρύλλος). [English version] [1] Vater Xenophons Athener; Vater Xenophons. Traill, PAA 281935. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [English version] [2] Sohn Xenophons,…

Nautikon daneion

(416 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (ναυτικὸν δάνειον; Seedarlehen). Bei dem n.d. handelt sich um ein Darlehen ( dáneion), das einem Fernhändler (

Eikoste

(630 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (εἰκοστή). Abgabe bzw. Steuer in Höhe eines Zwanzigstels (5%). 1. In Athen sollen erstmals die Peisistratiden eine Steuer auf landwirtschaftliche Erträge erhoben haben, um Kriege, prachtvolle Bauten und Festopfer zu finanzieren, nach Thuk. 6,54,5 in Höhe von 5%. In Aristot. Ath. pol. 16,4; 16,6 ist die Steuer als “Zehnt” (δεκάτη) bezeichnet (vgl. Hdt. 1,64,1). …

Kallimedon

(160 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Καλλιμέδων). Athener, Sohn des Kallikrates, oligarchisch gesinnter Politiker. Wegen seiner promaked. Haltung mußte er vor 324 v.Chr. Athen verlassen. In Megara beteiligte er sich an verfassungsfeindlichen Umtrieben athen. Emigranten, weswegen Demosthenes [2] eine Eisangelia gegen ihn einbrachte (Deinarch. 1,94). Während des Lamischen Krieges hielt sich K. bei Antipatros [1] auf, in dessen Auftrag er dem Anschluß peloponnes. Staaten an den Hellenenbund entgegenzuwirken suchte (Pl…

Kleitophon

(68 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Κλειτοφῶν). Athener, Schüler des Sokrates (Plat. rep. 1,328b; 340a-b). Nach ihm ist Platons Dialog K. benannt. K. beantragte im J. 411 v.Chr., bei der geplanten Verfassungsänderung die kleisthenische Verfassung zu berücksichtigen. 404 tr…

Agoratos

(109 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Ἀγόρατος). Metoikos im Piräus, Sohn des Sklaven Eumares. 409 v. Chr. wurde A. wegen Beteiligung an der Ermordung des Oligarchen Phrynichos geehrt (GHI2 85; IG I3 102). 404 denunzierte er beim Rat die Gegner des von Theramenes ausgehandelten Friedensvertrages mit Sparta. Sie wurden wegen Verrats verurteilt und hi…

Diagraphein, diagraphe

(224 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (διαγράφειν, διαγραφή). (1) Im att. Prozeßrecht bedeutete die diagraphḗ die Streichung einer auf der Gerichtstafel verzeichneten Klage, wenn der Kläger die Klage aufgab, die Gerichtsgebühr nicht erlegte oder wenn der Verklagte durch paragraphḗ (παραγραφή) oder diamartyría (διαμαρτυρία) Einspruch gegen die Zulässigkeit der Klage erhob. (2) Als d. wird ferner die Eintragung der von der Polis verpachteten Bergwerksanteile mit ihren jeweiligen Grenzen in ein Verzeichnis bezeichnet (Harpokr. s.v. διαγραφή). (3) Ferner handelt es sich um einen banktech…

Charixenos

(210 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Χαρίξενος). [English version] [1] Stratege des Aitolischen Bundes 281/0 und 270/69 v.Chr. Ch. aus Trichonien (Aitolien). 288/7 v.Chr., 281/0 und 270/69 Stratege des aitolischen Bundes (IG IX2 5, 14, 54) [1. 267 Anm. 4]. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [English version] [2] Stratege des Aitolischen Bundes, 3. Jh. v.Chr. Aitoler, Sohn des Kydrion. 260 v.Chr. Hipparch (IG IX2 18,18) und 255/4, 246/5, 241/0 und 234/3 Stratege des aitolischen Bundes (IG IX2 3 B). Als solcher lud er 246/5 griech. Städte ein, das neu organisierte Fest der Soterien in Delphi zu feiern […

Charidemos

(205 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Χαρίδημος). [English version] [1] Mitglied einer athenischen Gesandtschaft, 4. Jh. v.Chr. Mitglied einer athenischen Gesandtschaft, die 359 v.Chr. die Hilfe Philipps II. zur Gewinnung von Amphipolis erbat (Theop. FGrH 115 F 30a). …

Boiotarchen

(150 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] Wichtigstes Amt im Boiotischen Bund. Das Kollegium der von den Bundesbezirken auf ein Jahr gewählten B. bestand vor 386 v.Chr. aus elf, nach 364 aus sieben und 338 zeitweise aus acht Personen. Größere Städte stellten zwei, Theben nach der Einnahme Plataias (427 und 373) vier B. Zu den weitreichenden Amtsvollmachten gehörten u.a. probuleutische Funktionen gegenüber der Bundesversammlung und Gesandtschaftsdienste, vor allem aber das mil. Kommando über die Truppen des Bundes. Der Oberbefehl lag bei den thebanischen B.; über Taktik und Strategie wurde nach Mehrheit entschieden. Die von den B. ausgehandelten Bündnis- und Friedensverträge mußten von Bundesrat bzw. -versammlung bestätigt werden. Nach 338 verloren die B. gegenüber den Archonten des Bundes an Bedeutung. Das Amt existierte mit Unterbrechungen mindestens bi…

Euryptolemos

(113 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Εὐρυπτόλεμος). Vetter und enger Freund des Alkibiades [3] und verwandt mit dem jüngeren Perikles. 408 v.Chr. waren E. und Diotimos [1] in Chrysopolis Schwurzeugen des Vertrags zwischen Pharnabazos und Alkibiades und Teilnehmer an einer Gesandtschaft der Athener nach Susa. Infolge des Umschwungs am Perserhof zugunsten der Spartaner wurde die Gesandtschaft längere Zeit festgehalten (Xen. hell. 1,3,12f.; 1,4,1-7). Im Arginusenprozeß setzte sich E. zuerst mittels paranómōn graphḗ , die er zurückzuziehen gezwungen wurde, dann dur…

Leotrophides

(54 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (Λεωτροφίδης). Athenischer stratēgós, der 409 v.Chr. gemeinsam mit Timarchos die Megarer beim attisch-megarischen Grenzgebirge Kerata besiegte (Diod. 13,65,1f.); wohl ident. mit dem bei Aristophanes (Av. 1406), Theopomp. Com. fr. 25 und Hermippos fr. 36 PCG wegen seiner Magerkeit verspotteten Choregen (

Laches

(251 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Λάχης). [English version] [1] Athenischer strategós aus reicher Familie, 427 v. Chr. mit 20 Kriegsschiffen nach Sizilien gesandt …

Apotimema

(177 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (ἀποτίμημα). Bei Vormundschaftsverhältnissen übergab der Archont das Vermögen von Waisen nach Schätzung an den Vormund bzw. einen Pächter, der dafür pfandmäßige Sicherungen, das a., bereitstellte. Das Verfahren sicherte dem Mündel später einen direkten Zugriff auf die apotimierten Sachen und ermöglichte dem Vormund bzw. Päc…

Hekatoste

(325 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] (ἑκατοστή). Als H. wurden in der Ant. Steuern in Höhe von 1 % bezeichnet: 1. In Athen gab es zahlreiche Formen der H. (Aristoph. Vesp. 658), so die bei Ps.-Xen. Ath. pol. 1,17 genannte ἑκατοστὴ ἡ ἐν Πειραιεῖ ( hekatostḗ hē en Peiraieí) und der in IG I3 182 Z.15 belegte Hafenzoll. Nach Theophrast (F 650 Fortenbaugh; Stob. 44,20 Wachsmuth-Hense) mußte bei Grundstücksverkäufen der Käufer eine einprozentige Verkaufssteuer erlegen. Auch die ant. und byz. Lexika zählen zu den Verkaufssteuern (ἐπώνια) “gewisse H.” (Anecd. Bekk. I 2…

Misthos

(832 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(μισθός). [English version] I. Definition Das Wort m. wurde in Griechenland in der Bed. “Preis” oder “Bezahlung” für eine erbrachte Leistung (Lohn, Sold) verwendet. Daneben bezeichnet m. auch ein Entgelt für die Gebrauchsgewährung an beweglichen und unbeweglichen Sachen (vgl. μίσθωσις, místhōsis ). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [English version] II. Archaische und klassische Zeit Angehörige der unterbäuerlichen Schicht (Theten, pelátai ) traten bei Adligen oder Bau…

Peloponnesischer Krieg

(1,354 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] A. Bezeichnung Als P.K. wird in erster Linie die mil. Auseinandersetzung Athens und seiner Bündner (Attisch-Delischer Seebund) mit Sparta und dessen Bundesgenossen (Peloponnesischer Bund) zwischen 431 und 404 v.Chr. bezeichnet. Die Bezeichnung P.K. ( Peloponnēsiakós pólemos) taucht zuerst bei Diodoros [18] auf (12,37,2; 13,107,5 u.ö.), ist Cicero bereits geläufig (Cic. rep. 3,44: magnum illud Peloponnesiacum bellum

Lamachos

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Pharax

(199 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Φάραξ). [English version] [1] Spartanischer Militär (E. 5./Anf. 4. Jh. v. Chr.) Spartaner, 405 v.Chr. Unterführer bei Aigos potamos (Paus. 6,3,15). Als naúarchos (Flottenkommandant) operierte er im Frühsommer 397 mit Derkylidas in Karien (Xen. hell. 3,2,12-14) und fing die athenischen Gesandten nach Persien ab, die in Sparta hingerichtet wurden (Hell. Oxyrh. 10,1 Chambers). 396 belagerte er mit 120 Schiffen Konon [1] in Kaunos (Diod. 14,79,4f.) [1]. 390 unterstützte er als próxenos ( proxenía ) der Thebaner die boiotischen Gesandten bei Agesila…

Makartatos

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Monopol

(557 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
[English version] I. Griechenland Die Begriffe monopōlía (μονοπωλία) und monopṓlion (μονοπώλιον) sind seit dem späten 4. Jh.v.Chr. belegt (Aristot. pol. 1259a 21-23; Hyp. fr. 43 Jensen), der Sache nach gab es M. aber schon vorher. Nach Aristoteles errichteten Poleis vor allem dann, wenn sie sich in Geldschwierigkeiten befanden, ein M. für bestimmte Waren; eine solche Maßnahme gehörte in den Bereich der Erwerbskunst ( chrēmatistikḗ ). Bezeugt sind Verkaufs- und Ausfuhr-M., bei denen Privatpersonen, Städte oder Herrscher den Handel einer…

Mnasilochos

(57 words)

Xenocleides

(307 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) | Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich)
(Ξενοκλείδης/ Xenokleídēs). [German version] [1] Corinthian naval commander, 5th cent. BC Corinthian. One of five naval commanders sent by Corinth against Corcyra in 433 BC (Thuc. 1,46,2). The fleet achieved a partial victory near the Sybota islands (Thuc. 1,47-54; Diod. 12,33,3 f.). On the return voyage X. captured Anactorium on the Gulf of Ambracia and occupied the town with Corinthian settlers (Thuc. 1,55,1). In 426/5 BC X. led 300 hoplites in defence of Ambracia (Thuc. 3,114,4). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography J. B. Salmon, Wealthy Corinth, 1984, 318 K.-W. Wel…

Leogoras

(365 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) | Montanari, Franco (Pisa)
(Λεωγόρας; Leōgóras). [German version] [1] Father of the orator Andocides [1], 5th cent. BC Father of the orator Andocides [1], member of an old Athenian noble family, tracing its roots back to Telemachus and Hermes and linked by marriage to the Alcmaeonids (Hellanicus FGrH 323a F 24a-c; schol. Aristoph. Nub. 109). L. was mocked by Aristophanes [3] because of his debauched and profligate way of life. In 426/5 BC he led a legation to the Macedonian king Perdiccas II (IG I3 61, l. 51; [1. 30; 2. 1f.]). In 415, L. successfully used a paranomon graphe to clear himself fr…

Diomedon

(191 words)

Author(s): Mehl, Andreas (Halle/Saale) | Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Διομέδων; Diomédōn). [German version] [1] Commander under Antiochus III As the commander of Seleucia on the Tigris under Antiochus III, he fled from Molon, the advancing rebel satrap of Media (Pol. 5,48,12). Mehl, Andreas (Halle/Saale) [German version] [2] Athenian commander during the Peloponnesian War Athenian commander during the Peloponnesian War. As strategos, he brought reinforcements to the Athenian troops in Asia Minor in 412-11 BC, regained control over seceding Lesbos together with Leon, and was victorious against the Rhodians (Thuc. …

Metaneira

(182 words)

Author(s): Stenger, Jan (Kiel) | Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Μετάνειρα; Metáneira). [German version] [1] Wife of the Eleusinian king Keleos Wife of the Eleusinian king Celeus (according to schol. Eur. Or. 964 of Hippothoon), mother of Demophon [1] and of several daughters. Metaneira takes Demeter, who is looking for Persephone, into her house and entrusts her little son, Demophon, to her care. However she unwittingly disturbs the goddess who is trying to make the child immortal in the fire, and Demeter pulls away from him (Hom. h. 2,185-291; Ov. fast. 4,507ff., in …

Timagoras

(184 words)

Author(s): Hoesch, Nicola (Munich) | Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Τιμαγόρας/ Timagóras). [German version] [1] Greek painter and poet from Chalcis, c. 450 BC Greek Classical period painter and poet (?) from Chalcis; known only from Plin. HN 35,58, who gives an account of a painting competition during the Pythian Games in Delphi ( c. 450-440 BC), which T. won against Panaenus. The scale and appearance of his works are unknown. Hoesch, Nicola (Munich) Bibliography N. J. Koch, Techné und Erfindung in der klassischen Malerei, 2000, 229 G. Lippold, s. v. T. (7), RE 6 A, 1074 P. Moreno, s. v. T., EAA 7, 1966, 855. [German version] [2] From Athens, envoy t…

Dracontides

(167 words)

Author(s): Will, Wolfgang (Bonn) | Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Δρακοντίδης; Drakontídēs). [German version] [1] Athenian, commander in the Peloponnesian War Athenian, son of Leogoras from the deme Thorae; in 446/5 BC epistátēs, in 433/2 stratēgós and in that capacity one of the commanders of a relief fleet for Cercyra in the autumn of 433 (cf. Thuc. 1,51,4; on the corruption of the text at that point see [1. 95]). D. was a bitter opponent of Pericles and in 430 aided in his removal (Plut. Pericles 32,3) [2]. Davies 4551. Will, Wolfgang (Bonn) Bibliography 1 S. Hornblower, Commentary 1, 1991 2 F. J. Frost, Pericles and Dracontides, in: JHS 84, …

Thymochares

(148 words)

Author(s): Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) | Engels, Johannes (Cologne)
(Θυμοχάρης/ Thymochárēs). [German version] [1] From Athens, naval commander, c. 400 BC Athenian, strategos of a fleet defeated by Agesandridas at Eretria [1] in 411/10 BC (Thuc. 8,95). T. was also defeated by Agesandridas in a second sea battle (Xen. Hell. 1,1,1). Traill, PAA 518930. Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) [German version] [2] From Athens, follower of Lycurgus [9], second half of the 4th cent. BC Athenian, son of Phaedrus [2] from the Sphettus deme, c. 360-300 BC, follower of Lycurgus [9], in 329/8 epimelētḗs of the Amphiaraus Games of Oropus (IG VII 4254, 29 f. = [5. no. 50]), str…

Charicles

(186 words)

Author(s): Kinzl, Konrad (Peterborough) | Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld)
(Χαρικλῆς; Chariklês). [German version] [1] Athenian politician, late 5th cent. BC Athenian from the phyle of Oeneis; son of Apollodorus. As a democrat in 415 BC he investigated the Mutilation of the Herms with Peisander (Andoc. 1,36), and in 414/13 was strategos in the Peloponnesian campaign (Thuc. 7,20;26; Diod. Sic. 13,9,2). However, in 411 he followed Peisander over to the ‘Four hundred’ (Lys. 13,73f.). In 404 played a significant role in the oligarchy of the ‘Thirty’ (Xen. Hell. 2,3,2; Mem. 1,2,31; Andoc. 1,101; Aristot. Pol. 1305…
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