Menon ( grc, Μένων, fl 431 BC) commanded a faction of Pharsalians who were among the

Thessalians Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessa ...

who came to the assistance of the

Athenians Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...

when they were being attacked by the

Peloponnesian The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

army in the first year of the

Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. The war remained undecided for a long time until the decisive intervention of th ...

, 431 BC. At the time, he led a

cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...

that was involved in a skirmish at Phrygia.Thucydides, ''History of the Peloponnesian War'', II.22 He may be the son or grandson of Menon I of Pharsalus, and he may be the grandfather of

Menon III of Pharsalus Meno (Help:IPA/English, /ˈmiːnoʊ/; Greek language, Greek: Mένων, ''Menōn''; c. 423 – c. 400 BC), son of Alexidemus, was an ancient Thessaly, Thessalian political figure. Probably from Farsala, Pharsalus, he is famous both for the Meno, epo ...

(who appears in

Plato Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...

's ''

Meno ''Meno'' (; grc-gre, Μένων, ''Ménōn'') is a Socratic dialogue by Plato. Meno begins the dialogue by asking Socrates whether virtue is taught, acquired by practice, or comes by nature. In order to determine whether virtue is teachable ...

''), via his son Alexidemus.

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Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientifi ...

, ''

History of the Peloponnesian War The ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an ...

'', Bk II, line 22 *Roland Grubb Kent, ''A History of Thessaly: From the Earliest Historical Times to the Ascension of Philip V. of Macedon'', 1904, ch V, pp 20–21 *''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', Ed. William Smith, 1876, Vol 2 pp 1043–1044

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Thucydides' ''History of the Peloponnesian War'', Book II, Jowett trans.
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