Pytheas son of Ischenous
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Pytheas
in the texts
The Histories
Aeginetan fighter who resisted capture so fiercely at Sciathus that the Persians preserved and honored him.
On board this ship was Pytheas son of Ischenous, who acted heroically on that day.
When he finally did fall, he still had life in him, and the Persian soldiers on the ships took great pains to keep him alive for his valor, tending his wounds with ointments and wrapping him in bandages of linen cloth.
The rest of those whom they took in that ship, however, they used as slaves.
Letters
A former friend of the Athenian people turned opponent of Demosthenes, described as having risen from poverty and near-servile status to wealth by writing hostile speeches for his current patrons.
Furthermore, I am not going to omit the case of Pytheas either, who was a friend of the people down to his entrance into public life but after that was ready to do anything to injure you.