Sitalces · Atlas

in the texts

History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

King of the Thracians whom the Athenians seek to bring into alliance through his brother-in-law Nymphodorus.

It was also in the course of the same summer that Nymphodorus son of Pythes, a man of Abdera, whose sister was the wife of Sitalces, and who had great influence with that monarch, was made their proxenus by the Athenians, who had before considered him hostile to them, and was sent for by them, because they wished Sitalces, son of Teres, king of the Thracians, to become their ally.

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Sitalecs then, being this man's son, the Athenians made their ally, wishing him to join them in conquering the Thrace-ward towns and Perdiccas.

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Thus Sitalces son of Teres, king of the Thracians, became an ally of the Athenians, as also did Perdiccas son of Alexander, king of the Macedonians.

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Philip’s LetterClassical · Greek

Foreign ruler or notable granted Athenian citizenship, invoked in the dispute over honorary citizenship and Thracian politics.

and that on the death of Sitalces, on whom you did confer your citizenship, you should at once cultivate the friendship of his murderer, and pick a quarrel with us to shield Cersobleptes?

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The HistoriesClassical · Greek

King of the Thracians who trades his own fugitive brother for the fugitive Scyles, handing Scyles over to Octamasades.

give him back to me, and I will give up your Scyles to you;

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and when the armies were about to engage, Sitalces sent this message to Octamasades:

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The Scythian agreed to this, and took his brother Scyles, giving up his own uncle to Sitalces.

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