Nicomachus
historical figure · 5 works · 5 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Nicomachus of Bat- · Nicomachus of Phanoteus · Nicomachus the Oetaean · his son Nicomachus
spoken of as
2 expressionsNicomachus of Phanoteus1 mention
History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek)
a mistake having been made in the days on which they were both to take the field, Demosthenes sailed first to Siphae, with the Acarnanians and many allies from those parts on board, but did not succeed in his undertaking, through information of the design having been given by Nicomachus, a Phocian of Phanoteus, who told the Lacedaemonians, and they the Boeotians.
Nicomachus the Oetaean1 mention
Anabasis (Greek)
At that, Aristonymus of Methydrium, commanding hoplites, came forward, and Aristeas the Chian with light troops, and Nicomachus the Oetaean with light troops;
in the texts
On Moral Ends
Aristotle's son, to whom the carefully written books on morals attributed to Aristotle might actually belong.
Wherefore let us hold to Aristotle and his son Nicomachus, whose carefully written books on morals are said indeed to be Aristotle's — but I do not see why the son could not have been like the father.
Against Callimachus
The arbiter, an old friend of both parties, to whom the dispute between the speaker and Callimachus was submitted under stated terms.
But in order that it might not be in his power to blackmail me again, we committed the arbitration under stated terms to Nicomachus of Bat
You must reflect, however, first, that we were not in dispute in the matter of the arbitration, but we committed it as an arbitration under stated terms, so that it is not at all strange that Callimachus chose Nicomachus as arbiter;
I learn that Callimachus not only intends to speak falsely in the matter of his complaint, but will also deny that the arbitration took place, and that he is prepared to go so far as to assert that he never would have entrusted an arbitration to Nicomachus, whom he knew to be an old friend of ours, and further, that it is improbable that he was willing to accept two hundred drachmas instead of ten thousand.
Isthmean
The charioteer who drove Xenocrates's team, praised for his timely handling of the reins.
And joined with the renowned favors of the sons of Erechtheus in splendid Athens, he found no fault with the chariot-preserving hand of the man who drove his horses, the hand with which Nicomachus gave the horses full rein at the right moment—that driver whom the heralds of the seasons, the Elean truce-bearers of Zeus son of Cronus recognized, since they had no doubt experienced some hospitable ac …
History of the Peloponnesian War
Phocian of Phanoteus who betrays the Athenian-backed Boeotian conspiracy to the Lacedaemonians, causing it to fail at Siphae.
a mistake having been made in the days on which they were both to take the field, Demosthenes sailed first to Siphae, with the Acarnanians and many allies from those parts on board, but did not succeed in his undertaking, through information of the design having been given by Nicomachus, a Phocian of Phanoteus, who told the Lacedaemonians, and they the Boeotians.
Anabasis
Oetaean officer leading light troops in the operation to seize the heights.
At that, Aristonymus of Methydrium, commanding hoplites, came forward, and Aristeas the Chian with light troops, and Nicomachus the Oetaean with light troops;