Demosthenes (general)

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Athenian general military commander

Demosthenes was a 5th-century BC Athenian general known for his innovative but often risky military campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Demosthenes (Athenian general)	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian general ⓘ military commander ⓘ
activeInPeriod	5th century BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Cleon ⓘ Eurymedon River ⓘ surface form: Eurymedon Nicias ⓘ
campaignLocation	Aetolia ⓘ Pylos ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Sphacteria ⓘ
campaignOutcome	Athenian defeat in Aetolia ⓘ Athenian disaster in Sicily ⓘ major Athenian victory at Sphacteria ⓘ
citizenship	Athens ⓘ
civilization	Classical Greece ⓘ
conflict	Peloponnesian War ⓘ
deathCause	executed by Spartans ⓘ
deathContext	after Athenian defeat in the Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
deathPlace	Sicily ⓘ
era	Classical era ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	innovative military campaigns ⓘ risky military operations ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
militaryRank	strategos ⓘ
name	Demosthenes ⓘ
notableBattle	Aetolian campaign ⓘ Battle of Pylos ⓘ Sicilian Expedition ⓘ Sphacteria campaign ⓘ
notableEvent	capture of Spartan hoplites on Sphacteria ⓘ
occupation	general ⓘ military strategist ⓘ
reputation	bold ⓘ innovative ⓘ sometimes reckless ⓘ
sideInConflict	Athens ⓘ
source	History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ surface form: Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War
strategy	amphibious operations ⓘ guerrilla-style tactics ⓘ night attacks ⓘ use of light-armed troops ⓘ

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Archidamian War → commandedBy → Demosthenes (general) ⓘ

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Nicias → contemporaryOf → Demosthenes (general) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Demosthenes (Athenian general)

Athenian army → notableCommander → Demosthenes (general) ⓘ