- Adeimantus, son of Leucolophides
Adeimantus (Gr. polytonic|Αδείμαντος), son of Leucolophides, an Athenian, was one of the commanders with
Alcibiades in the expedition againstAndros in407 BC . [Xenophon , "Hellenica" i. 4. § 21] He was again appointed one of the Athenian generals after theBattle of Arginusae in406 BC , and continued in office till theBattle of Aegospotami in404 BC , where he was one of the commanders, and was taken prisoner. He was the only one of the Athenian prisoners who was not put to death, because he had opposed the decree for cutting off the right hands of the Lacedaemonians who might be taken in the battle. He was accused by many of treachery in this battle, and was afterwards impeached byConon . [Xenophon , "Hellenica" i. 7. § 1, ii. 1. § 30-32] [Pausanias , iv. 17. §2, x. 9. §5] [Dem. "de fals. leg." p. 401] [Lys. "c. Alc." pp. 143,21]Aristophanes speaks of Adeimantus in "The Frogs ", which was acted in the year of the battle, as one whose death was wished for; and he also calls him, apparently out of jest, the son of Leucolophus, that is, "White Crest". InPlato 's "Protagoras", Adeimantus is also spoken of as present on that occasion. [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Adeimantus (2)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 19
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0028.html ]References
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