Adeimantus of Corinth

Adeimantus of Corinth
Native name	Ἀδείμαντος
Allegiance	Corinthian
Battles / wars	Battle of Artemisium Battle of Salamis
Relations	Ocytus

Adeimantus of Corinth (/ˈædiːˌmæntəs/; Greek: Ἀδείμαντος), son of Ocytus (Ὠκύτος), was the Corinthian commander during the invasion of Greece by Xerxes.[1] Before the Battle of Artemisium (480 BC) he threatened to sail away.

According to the Suda, when Adeimantus called Themistocles a city-less man before the Battle of Salamis (because the Persians had destroyed Athens), Themistocles responded: "Who is city-less, when he has 200 triremes?"[2]

According to the Athenians he took to flight at the very commencement of the battle, but this was denied by the Corinthians and the other Greeks.[3][4]

Adeimantus' son Aristeus was the Corinthian commander at the Battle of Potidaea in 432 BC.[5]

References

1. Smith, William (1867), "Adeimantus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, pp. 18–19, archived from the original on 2009-10-18, retrieved 2007-10-13
2. Suda, § al.453
3. Herodotus, Histories viii. 5, 56, 61, 94
4. Plutarch, Themistocles 11
5. Clough, Arthur Hugh (1867), "Aristeus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 297