Thymochares ( Gr. ) was an Athenian general under the Four Hundred who may have come from the ''deme'' of

Sphettos Sphettus or Sphettos ( grc, Σφηττός) was one of the twelve cities of ancient Attica, and subsequently a deme. That it was situated either in the Mesogaea or the Paralia is certain from the legend, that Pallas, who had obtained these distric ...

. In late 411 BC, commanding 36 triremes, he opposed the arrival of the Spartan commander

Hegesandridas Hegesandridas or Agesandridas ( grc, Ἡγησανδρίδας or Ἀγησανδρίδας), son of a "Hegesander" or "Agesander", who could have been a member of the last Spartan embassy sent to Athens before the Peloponnesian War. Hegesandridas ...

at Oropos, but was routed, losing 22 ships at the Battle of Eretria. Most of the rowers fled to Eretria where they were slaughtered. Thucydides does not say what happened to Thymochares after the defeat. He next appears in Xenophon at an unknown location (probably somewhere in Euboea), 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