Xenophon (son of Euripides)
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Xenophon, son of Euripides, was one of the Athenian generals to whom Potidaea
surrendered. Later in the same year (429 BC
) Xenophon and two other generals led an expedition against the Chalcideans
and Bottiaeans
at the Battle of Spartolos, but were compelled to retreat into Potidaea
Potidaea
Potidaea was a colony founded by the Corinthians around 600 BC in the narrowest point of the peninsula of Pallene, the westernmost of three peninsulas at the southern end of Chalcidice in northern Greece....
surrendered. Later in the same year (429 BC
429 BC
Year 429 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tricipitinus and Fidenas...
) Xenophon and two other generals led an expedition against the Chalcideans
Chalkidian League
The Chalkidian League was a federal state that existed on the shores of the north west Aegean from around 430 BCE until it was destroyed by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE.-History:...
and Bottiaeans
Bottiaeans
Bottiaeans or Bottiaei were an ancient people of uncertain origin, living in Central Macedonia. Sometime, during the Archaic period, they were expelled by Macedonians from Bottiaea to Bottike...
at the Battle of Spartolos, but were compelled to retreat into Potidaea
Potidaea
Potidaea was a colony founded by the Corinthians around 600 BC in the narrowest point of the peninsula of Pallene, the westernmost of three peninsulas at the southern end of Chalcidice in northern Greece....