Thymochares ( Gr. ) was an Athenian general under the

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who may have come from the ''deme'' of Sphettos. In late 411 BC, commanding 36

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, he opposed the arrival of the Spartan commander Hegesandridas at

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, but was routed, losing 22 ships at the Battle of Eretria. Most of the rowers fled to

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where they were slaughtered.

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does not say what happened to Thymochares after the defeat. He next appears in

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at an unknown location (probably somewhere in

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), where he arrives with ‘a few ships’, but is again defeated by Hegesandridas.Xenophon, ''Hell''. i.1.1.

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{{Reflist 5th-century BC Athenians Ancient Athenian generals Athenians of the Peloponnesian War 411 BC