Battle of Tamynae
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Tamynae · battle of Tamynae · the Euboean campaign · the battle at Tamynae
in the texts
On the Embassy
Battle in Euboea at which Aeschines claims honorable service and receipt of a wreath.
I took part in the expeditions to Euboea, and at the battle of Tamynae as a member of the picked corps I so bore myself in danger that I received a wreath of honour then and there, and another at the hands of the people on my arrival home;
Phocion
Battle on Euboea in which Phocion's disciplined delay and counterattack overturned a premature enemy assault and secured victory.
A fierce battle ensued, in which all the Athenians fought with spirit and gallantry;
So he took possession of a crest of ground which was separated by a deep ravine from the plains about Tamynae, and on this assembled and held together the best fighting men of his force.
When the enemy came up against him, he ordered his men to remain quietly under arms until he should have finished sacrificing, and then waited a considerable time, either because the omens were bad, or because he wished to draw the enemy nearer.