Adeimantus of Corinth
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Adeimantus of Corinth (Gr. Αδείμαντος), son of Ocytus, was the Corinthian commander during the invasion of Greece by Xerxes.[1] Before the Battle of Artemisium (480 BC) he threatened to sail away, but was bribed by Themistocles to remain. He opposed Themistocles with great insolence in the council which the commanders held before the Battle of Salamis (also 480 BC). According to the Athenians he took to flight at the very commencement of the battle, but this was denied by the Corinthians and the other Greeks.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Smith, William (1867), “Adeimantus (1)”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, pp. 18-19
- ^ Herodotus, Histories viii. 5, 56, 61, 94
- ^ Plutarch, Themistocles 11
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
