Menon ( grc, Μένων, 525? BC - 472? BC) was a prominent Pharsalian who assisted

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, led by

Cimon Cimon or Kimon ( grc-gre, Κίμων; – 450BC) was an Athenian ''strategos'' (general and admiral) and politician. He was the son of Miltiades, also an Athenian ''strategos''. Cimon rose to prominence for his bravery fighting in the naval Batt ...

, in their battle against

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around 476 BC. According to

Demosthenes Demosthenes (; el, Δημοσθένης, translit=Dēmosthénēs; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prow ...

(XIII.23, XXIII.199) he himself contributed 12 talents of silver and equipped 300

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from his own penestae for battle. He was awarded by the Athenians for his service. He may be the father or grandfather of

Menon II of Pharsalus Menon ( grc, Μένων, fl 431 BC) commanded a faction of Pharsalians who were among the Thessalians who came to the assistance of the Athenians when they were being attacked by the Peloponnesian army in the first year of the Peloponnesian War ...

Bibliography

*Demosthenes: "On Organization" (line 23) & "Against Aristocrates" (line 199) *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

External links

"On Organization" at Perseus Project"Against Aristocrates" at Perseus Project
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