Alcidas
historical figure · 1 work · 2 mentions · 10 anchored passages
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
Spartan high-admiral sent with a relief fleet to Mytilene; arrives too late, is indecisive, kills prisoners, and flees home after being rebuked and pursued.
but he did not persuade Alcidas.
From Ephesus Alcidas sailed as quickly as possible, and took to flight.
Now tidings of him had been sent to Paches and the Athenians from the Erythraean country, and indeed from every quarter;