Arimnestos

Arimnestos

Arimnestos

General in ancient Greece

See also: Aeimnestus

Arimnestos (Greek: Ἀρίμνηστος; fl. early 5th century BCE) was the commander of the Plataean contingent at the battles of Marathon and Plataea during the Greco-Persian Wars.[1]

Battle of Plataea

Plutarch relates that Arimnestos was responsible for selecting the location of the Battle of Plataea, after receiving guidance from Zeus Soter in a dream. He shared this insight with the Athenian general Aristides, who in turn showed the site to the Spartan regent Pausanias, the overall commander of the Greek forces.[2]

He was present at the death of Callicrates later during the battle.[3]

He was depicted by painted portrait in the Temple of Athena Areia built on the site of the battlefield by the Athenians, beneath a statue of the goddess made by Pheidias to commemorate the victory.[4]

In fiction

Arimnestos is the protagonist and narrator in the Long War series by Christian Cameron.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Pausanias. "Description of Greece, Boeotia". Perseus Digital Library. ch 4, s. 2.
  2. [2]
    Plutarch. "Aristides". Perseus Digital Library. ch. 11.
  3. [3]
    Herodotus. "The Histories". Perseus Digital Library. Book 9, ch. 32.
  4. [4]
    Keesling, Catherine (2015). "Retrospective Portrait Statues and the Hellenistic Reception of Herodotus". Society for Classical Studies.
  5. [5]
    "Arimnestos - Hippeis". Hippeis. Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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