Hippocrates of Athens
Hippocrates of Athens | |
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 Hippocrates bust in the Museum of Athens | |
| Native name | Ἱπποκράτης |
| Born | c.459 BC |
| Died | 424 BC (aged 34-35) Delium,Boeotia |
| Allegiance | Athens |
| Years of service | 424 BC |
| Rank | Strategos |
| Battles/wars | |
| Relations | Ariphron |
Hippocrates of Athens(Greek:Ἱπποκράτης,Hippokrátēs;c.459 – 424 BC), the son of Ariphron, was astrategosof theAtheniansin 424 BC, serving alongsideDemosthenes.
In the summer of 424, Hippocrates and Demosthenes set out from Athens to seize the long walls ofMegara(which connected the city with its port Nisaea). TheSpartangarrison at Nisaea surrendered, but the Athenians were unable to capture Megara itself, and were compelled to withdraw when the Spartan generalBrasidasarrived to relieve the Megarans.[1]Hippocrates then commanded an Athenian force which invadedBoeotia.Hippocrates was given command of the land force that was to take Delium and he succeeded in doing so and fortifying a garrison there.[2]When Hippocrates learned that the Boeotian army was approaching, Hippocrates began to retreat to Athens; he was unable to do so, and was defeated at theBattle of Deliumby the Boeotian army underPagondas.Hippocrates died near the beginning of the battle and nearly a thousand Athenians were slain alongside him. Only nightfall prevented further losses. After a siege of seventeen days, Delium fell to the Boeotians and at that point the bodies of Hippocrates and the other Athenian dead were returned to the Athenians.
References[edit]
- ^Wylie, Graham (1993). "Demosthenes the General: Protagonist in a Greek Tragedy?".Greece & Rome.40:24.doi:10.1017/S0017383500022555.S2CID161637399.
- ^Wylie, Graham (1993). "Demosthenes the General: Protagonist in a Greek Tragedy?".Greece & Rome.40:24–25.doi:10.1017/S0017383500022555.S2CID161637399.
- Thucydidesiv. 76, 77, 89—101.
- Diodorus Siculusxii. 69, 70.
- Pausaniasiii. 6. § 1, ix. 6. § 3.
Further reading[edit]
- Nails, Debra.The People of Plato.Hackett Publishing. p. 171.ISBN978-1-60384-403-1.
- Curtius, Ernst (7 July 2011).The History of Greece.Cambridge University Press. p. 162.ISBN978-1-108-02985-8.
- Smith, William (1872).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by Various Writers.John Murray. p. 481.
- McGregor, Malcolm (November 2011).The Athenians and Their Empire.UBC Press. p. 149.ISBN978-0-7748-4320-1.