Arimnestos

Arimnestos
Native name Αρίμνηστος
Allegiance Plataea
Rank Strategos
Battles/wars Battle of Marathon, Battle of Plataea

Arimnestos (Greek: Αρίμνηστος; 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. ↑ "Pausanias, Description of Greece, Boeotia, chapter 4, section 2". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
  2. ↑ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Arist.+11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0009\%7CAristides 8.1.9
  3. ↑ "Herodotus, The Histories, Book 9, chapter 32". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
  4. ↑ "Retrospective Portrait Statues and the Hellenistic Reception of Herodotus".
  5. ↑ "Arimnestos - Hippeis". www.hippeis.com.
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