- Aristonicus of Methymnae
Aristonicus (Latin; Greek polytonic|Ἀριστόνικος "Aristonikos") was a tyrant of
Methymnae inLesbos in the4th century BCE . In332 BCE , when thenavarch s ofAlexander the Great had already taken possession of the harbour ofChios , Aristonicus arrived during the night with some privateer ships, and entered it under the belief that it was still in the hands of thePersians . He was taken prisoner and delivered up to the Methymnians, who put him to death in a cruel manner.(
Arrian , "Anabasis" 3.2;Curtius 4.4.)
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