Adeimantus of Corinth

Adeimantus of Corinth
Native name
Ἀδείμαντος
AllegianceCorinthian
Battles / warsBattle of Artemisium
Battle of Salamis
RelationsOcytus

Adeimantus of Corinth (/ˈædiːˌmæntəs/; Greek: Ἀδείμαντος), son of Ocytus (Ὠκύτος), was the Corinthian commander during the invasion of Greece by Xerxes.[1] Before the Battle of Artemisium (480 BC) he threatened to sail away.

According to the Suda, when Adeimantus called Themistocles a city-less man before the Battle of Salamis (because the Persians had destroyed Athens), Themistocles responded: "Who is city-less, when he has 200 triremes?"[2]

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.[3][4]

Adeimantus' son Aristeus was the Corinthian commander at the Battle of Potidaea in 432 BC.[5]

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Adeimantus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, pp. 18–19, archived from the original on 2009-10-18, retrieved 2007-10-13{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Suda, § al.453
  3. ^ Herodotus, Histories viii. 5, 56, 61, 94
  4. ^ Plutarch, Themistocles 11
  5. ^ Clough, Arthur Hugh (1867), "Aristeus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 297{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)