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Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Thorax

    historical figure · 4 works · 5 mentions · 7 anchored passages

    Thorax of Larissa · Eurypylus · Thorax the Boeotian · Thrasydeius · sons of Aleuas

    spoken of as

    3 expressions

    Thorax of Larissa1 mention

    The Histories (Greek)

    Thorax of Larissa, who had given Xerxes safe-conduct in his flight, now, without any attempt of concealment, opened a passage for Mardonius into Hellas.
    chapter 9

    Thorax of Larissa and his brothers1 mention

    The Histories (Greek)

    For you, who are their neighbors, kept telling me that Lacedaemonians fled from no battlefield and were the masters of warfare.
    chapter 9

    Thorax the Boeotian1 mention

    Anabasis (Greek)

    And until you reach that spot, he continued, I also, like Timasion, promise you regular pay.
    chapter 5

    in the texts

    The HistoriesClassical · Greek

    Thessalian noble and his brothers Eurypylus and Thrasydeius, sons of Aleuas, whom Mardonius summons and rebukes for having praised Lacedaemonian steadfastness after the Greeks withdraw in the night.

    For you, who are their neighbors, kept telling me that Lacedaemonians fled from no battlefield and were the masters of warfare.
    chapter 9
    When Mardonius learned that the Greeks had departed under cover of night and saw the ground deserted, he called to him Thorax of Larissa and his brothers Eurypylus and Thrasydeius and said:
    chapter 9
    Thorax of Larissa, who had given Xerxes safe-conduct in his flight, now, without any attempt of concealment, opened a passage for Mardonius into Hellas.
    chapter 9

    PythianClassical · Greek

    A Thessalian noble, friend and patron of the poet, credited with commissioning the ode celebrating Hippocleas out of friendship.

    he made busy efforts for my sake, and yoked this four-horse chariot of the Pierian Muses, a friend for a friend, going gladly arm in arm.
    chapter 10

    AnabasisClassical · Greek

    Boeotian commander at odds with Xenophon over leadership who urges prospects in Greece rather than barbarian territory.

    And until you reach that spot, he continued, I also, like Timasion, promise you regular pay.
    chapter 5
    and along with them Timasion the Dardanian sent Eurymachus the Dardanian and Thorax the Boeotian to tell the same story.
    chapter 5
    After that, when the Heracleots learned that it had been voted to sail away, and that Xenophon himself had put the question to vote, they did send the ships, but in the matter of the money they had promised to Timasion and Thorax they turned out to be deceivers.
    chapter 5

    HellenicaClassical · Greek

    Lacedaemonian commander who supports Lysander's operations at Lampsacus and Aegospotami.

    Straightway Lysander gave a signal to his fleet to sail with all speed, and Thorax with his troops went with the fleet.
    chapter 2
    and the people of Abydus and the other cities were at hand on the shore to support him, being commanded by Thorax, a Lacedaemonian.
    chapter 2