Chaeron
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
the wrestler
in the texts
On the Treaty with Alexander
A wrestler allegedly set up as tyrant of Pellene after the overthrow of its democracy.
But just reflect, men of Athens, that the Achaeans in the Peloponnese enjoyed democratic government, and one of their democracies, that of Pellene, has now been overthrown by the Macedonian king, who has expelled the majority of the citizens, given their property to their slaves, and set up Chaeron, the wrestler, as their tyrant.
On The Estate Of Pyrrhus
Brother of Lysimenes and one of Pyrrhus's uncles who testified to being present at Pyrrhus's alleged marriage ceremony.
on the other hand, Lysimenes and his brothers, Chaeron and Pylades, declare that they were summoned by Pyrrhus when he was about to make this brilliant match and were present at the ceremony, in spite of the fact that they were uncles of the bridegroom.
Hellenica
A Lacedaemonian polemarch killed in the fighting near the theatre in Piraeus.
In this attack Chaeron and Thibrachus, both of them polemarchs, were slain, and Lacrates, the Olympic victor, and other Lacedaemonians who lie buried before the gates of Athens in the Cerameicus.