Laches · Atlas · Falsafa

in the texts

History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

Athenian commander sent to Sicily at the head of an expedition of twenty ships.

At the close of the same summer the Athenians despatched twenty ships to Sicily, with Laches son of Melanopus, and Charceades son of Euphiletus, in command of them.

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So Pythodorus, being now in command of Laches' ships, sailed at the close of the winter to the fort of the Locrians, which Laches had formerly taken;

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On their return to Rhegium they found that Pythodorus son of Isolochus, a general of the Athenians, had come to succeed to the command of the ships under Laches;

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LachesClassical · Greek

Athenian general who fought at Delium alongside Socrates; skeptical of the sophist's art of fighting in armor and offers two unsuccessful definitions of courage in dialogue with Socrates.

Rightly spoken, Laches;

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Except, perhaps, Laches, in the case of the Spartans.

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and so are you speaking of the mode of the Scythian horsemen.

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Against TimocratesClassical · Greek

The father of Melanopus, invoked as a virtuous contrast to his son.

For my part, I fancy that, if Laches really was virtuous and patriotic, he should himself have sent his degenerate son to jail for implicating him in such infamous scandals.

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LettersClassical · Greek

An Athenian, son of Melanopus, convicted in a court of law much as the sons of Lycurgus were, whose entire fine was remitted after Alexander requested it by letter.

Yet it is easy to demonstrate the truth of this, for who of you does not know the incident of Laches the son of Melanopus, whose lot it was to be convicted in a court of law precisely as the sons of Lycurgus in the present instance, but his entire fine was remitted when Alexander requested it by letter?

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And furthermore, if it is expedient for these principles to hold true, as we would declare, not only were you not nullifying the laws where you released those men, but you were preserving the lifework of those men who enacted the laws, first, by releasing Laches in compliance with the request of Alexander and, secondly, by restoring Mnesibulus to his rights because of the sobriety of his life.

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OrationsImperial · Greek

Athenian general and interlocutor of Socrates

Nor, then, did he make Gorgias or Polus or Thrasymachus or Prodicus or Meno or Euthyphro or Anytus or Alcibiades or Laches speak in vain, when he might have removed the names;

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SymposiumClassical · Greek

Athenian general who retreated alongside Socrates from the battle of Delium.

and I noticed, first, how far he outdid Laches in collectedness, and next I felt—to use a phrase of yours, Aristophanes—how there he stepped along, as his wont is in our streets, strutting like a proud marsh-goose, with ever a side-long glance, turning a calm sidelong look on friend and foe alike, and convincing anyone even from afar that whoever cares to touch this person will find he can put up …

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