Charidemus · Atlas

in the texts

Against AristocratesClassical · Greek

Mercenary commander and granted Athenian citizen whose protection is the stated object of Aristocrates' decree.

Consider the status of the person in whose favour the decree has been proposed:

I am not ignorant that Charidemus is regarded by some as a benefactor of Athens.

It was we, men of Athens, who made Charidemus a citizen, and by that gift bestowed upon him a share in our civil and religious observances, in our legal rights, and in everything in which we ourselves participate.

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Against CtesiphonClassical · Greek

Figure whose scouts inform Demosthenes of Philip's death.

Now this man it was, fellow citizens, this past master of flattery, who, when informed through scouts of Charidemus that Philip was dead, before any one else had received the news, made up a vision for himself and lied about the gods, pretending that he had received the news, not from Charidemus, but from Zeus and Athena, the gods by whose name he perjures himself by day, and who then converse wit …

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StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

Named as exemplary teacher of generalship.

And just as, if a man attend to Ischomachus, he will make him a husbandman, and Lampis a shipmaster, and Charidemus a general, and Simon a horseman, and Perdix a huckster, and Crobylus a cook, and Archelaus a dancer, and Homer a poet, and Pyrrho a wrangler, and Demosthenes an orator, and Chrysippus a logician, and Aristotle a natural philosopher, and Plato a philosopher;

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Against MacartatusClassical · Greek

Son of Stratius and father of Theopompus, ancestor of Macartatus' line.

And who was the father of Theopompus?

against macartatus ¶

But to Charidemus, the son of Stratius, there was born a son Theopompus, the father of the defendant Macartatus.

against macartatus ¶

and to Stratius, the brother of Hagnias, there were born Phanostratus and Charidemus, the grandfather of the defendant Macartatus.

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For PhormioClassical · Greek

Father of Aristolochus.

Do you see Aristolochus, son of Charidemus?

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LettersClassical · Greek

An Athenian statesman named alongside Demosthenes as one whom the Athenians themselves cast into exile despite loyal service.

So, when it is possible for all to behold object-lessons of such a kind and on such a scale, from which everyone would conclude that it does not pay to espouse the cause of the people, I begin to fear that some day you may become destitute of men who will speak on your behalf, especially when of the friends of the people some are being taken away by man’s natural destiny, by accident, and by the l …

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On the CrownClassical · Greek

Infantry commander crowned for providing shields at private expense.

When Diotimus, and on another occasion Charidemus, had made a present of shields, they were crowned.

on the crown ¶

that, whereas Charidemus, dispatched to Salamis in command of the infantry, and Diotimus, commanding the cavalry, when in the battle at the river some of the soldiers had been disarmed by the enemy, did at their own expense arm the younger men with eight hundred shields, it be resolved by the Council and People to crown Charidemus and Diotimus with a golden crown, and to proclaim it at the great P …

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Third OlynthiacClassical · Greek

The commander sent belatedly by Athens with an inadequate expedition.

In that month, with a great effort, after the celebration of the Mysteries you dispatched Charidemus with ten ships, unmanned, and a sum of five talents of silver.

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OrationsImperial · Greek

The deceased young son of Timarchus, praised for courage, dignity, and composure in death; author of the dying exhortation reported in the dialogue.

—Timarchus.

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He was plainly, then, reporting that Charidemus was dead;

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Before, perhaps, being still a boy, he escaped your notice;

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