Dorimachus (), surnamed Trichonius by

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, was an Aetolian general and legislator who took an active part in the

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. He was son of Nicostratus, and was born in ancient Trichonion in Aetolia, on the shores of what is now Lake Trichonida. In 219 BC, he was responsible for destroying the Sanctuary of

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. The ancient historian Polybius frequently mentions Dorimachus in his works. Visowa, 1905. p. 80 Dorimachus is also referred to in a decree of the Delphic Amphictyony as a hieromnemon, a representative of the Aetolian League. In the modern city of

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, there has been a street named after Dorimachus since 1920.

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Dorimachus attacks the oligarchs

Bibliography

* Georg Visowa: "Dorimachos" (in German), 1905. * Ancient Aetolians {{AncientGreece-bio-stub