Callimachus (polemarch)

Callimachus
Datis fighting Kallimachos at the Battle of Marathon, in the Stoa Poikile (reconstitution)
Native name
Καλλίμαχος
BornAfidnes
Died490 BC
Marathon
AllegianceAthens
RankPolemarch
Battles / warsBattle of Marathon
Memorials
  • The statue of the "Nike of Callimachus"
  • He was portrayed among the Athenian gods and heroes on the wall-paintings of the Stoa Poikile

Callimachus /kəˈlɪməkəs/ (Greek: Καλλίμαχος Kallímakhos) was the Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon, which took place during 490 BC. According to Herodotus he was from the Attica deme of Aphidna.[1]

  1. ^ Herodotus Book 6: Erato, 109 "the polemarch was Callimachos of the deme of Aphidnai"