Callimachus (polemarch)

Callimachus
Datis fighting Kallimachos at the Battle of Marathon, in the Stoa Poikile (reconstitution)
Native name
Καλλίμαχος
Born
Afidnes
Died490 BC
Marathon
AllegianceAthens
RankPolemarch
ConflictsBattle of Marathon
Memorials
  • The statue of the "Nike of Callimachus"
  • He was portrayed among the Athenian gods and heroes on the wall-paintings of the Stoa Poikile

Callimachus /kəˈlɪməkəs/ (Ancient Greek: Καλλίμαχος, romanized: Kallímakhos) was the Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon, which took place during 490 BC. According to Herodotus, he was from the Attica deme of Aphidna.

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