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	Callimachus (polemarch) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Callimachus (polemarch) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Callimachus was polemarch in Athens in 490 BC, and was one of the commanders at the Battle of Marathon.
		As polemarch, Callimachus had a vote in military affairs along with the 10 strategoi, the generals, such as Miltiades.
		Miltiades convinced Callimachus to vote in favour of a battle when the strategoi were split evenly on the matter.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Callimachus-polemarch.html (187 words)

	Callimachus (polemarch) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Callimachus was polemarch in (The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)) Athens in 490 BC, and was one of the commanders at the (A battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians) Battle of Marathon.
		As polemarch, Callimachus had a vote in military affairs along with the 10 (Click link for more info and facts about strategoi) strategoi, the generals, such as (Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)) Miltiades.
		Although the (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greeks were victorious, Callimachus was killed during the fighting.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/callimachus_(polemarch).htm (175 words)

	Callimachus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Art and learning are his chief characteristics, unrelieved by any real poetic genius; in the words of Ovid (Amores, i.
		Callimachus' works are edited in the magisterial edition of R. Pfeiffer, Vol.
		Another Callimachus was the polemarch at the Battle of Marathon, and a third Callimachus was a sculptor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Callimachus (355 words)

	Herodotus: Marathon
		The Athenian generals were divided in their opinions, and some advised not to risk a battle, because they were too few to engage such a host as that of the Medes, while others were for fighting at once, and among these last was Miltiades.
		For the man on whom the lot fell to be Polemarch at Athens was entitled to give his vote with the ten generals, since anciently the Athenians allowed him an equal right of voting with them.
		Miltiades by these words gained Callimachus; and the addition of the Polemarch's vote caused the decision to be in favor of fighting.
	www.thenagain.info /Classes/Sources/Herodotus-Marathon.html (1862 words)

	CALLIMACHUS
		Callimachus, Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Cyrene and a descendant of the illustrious house of the Battiadae, flourished about 250 BC.
		He opened a school in the suburbs of Alexandria, and some of the most distinguished grammarians and poets were his pupils, among them Apollonius of Rhodes He was subsequently appointed by Ptolemy Philadelphus chief librarian of the Alexandrian library, which office he held till his death (about 240).
		This is a different Callimachus than the Polemarch who was at the Battle of Marathon.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/CALLIMACHUS (438 words)

	Battle of Marathon - Military History Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Athenian army, numbering 9,000-10,000, under Callimachus the polemarch and accompanied by his ten tribal generals marched north from Athens.
		When Callimachus heard that the Persians had landed in the Bay of Marathon, he wheeled right and reached the valley of Avlona and encamped his army at the shrine of Heracles.
		According to Herodotus, five Strategoi voted for the move and five voted against it, with Callimachus, the Polemarch, casting the deciding vote in favor of attack.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/Battle_of_Marathon (1317 words)

	Battle of Marathon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Miltiades by these words gained Callimachus; and the addition of the Polemarch's vote caused the decision to be in favour of fighting.
		Callimachus the Polemarch led the right wing; for it was at that time a rule with the Athenians to give the right wing to the Polemarch.
		After this followed the tribes, according as they were numbered, in an unbroken line; while last of all came the Plataeans, forming the left wing.
	history.boisestate.edu /WESTCIV/persian/marathon.shtml (825 words)

	Archons of Athens
		They gave their name to the year, and were in charge of the Boule and Ekklesia.
		There were two other archons each year, the Polemarch (until 501 BC when this position was replaced with 10 strategoi), and the Basileus, the ceremonial remnant of the Athenian monarchy.
		Battle of Marathon; Stesileus, Callimachus and Miltiades are strategoi
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/a/ar/archons_of_athens.html (395 words)

	The Battle of Marathon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The city of Athens appointed a man named Callimachus as Polemarch, or eleventh general, to prevent a tie from occurring during a vote.
		Miltiades gave Callimachus a rousing speech and convinced the Polemarch that they must fight the Persians without delay.
		Callimachus, the general and Polemarch, was killed here.
	www.greglondon.com /hunger/battleofmarathon.htm (1741 words)

	Readings from the History of Herodotus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Miltiades approached him and said, [3] “Callimachus, it is now in your hands to enslave Athens or make her free, and thereby leave behind for all posterity a memorial such as not even Harmodius and Aristogeiton left.
		The polemarch's vote was counted in, and the decision to attack was resolved upon.
		[1] In this labor Callimachus the polemarch was slain, a brave man, and of the generals Stesilaus son of Thrasylaus died.
	luna.cas.usf.edu /~murray/classes/cag/hdt.htm (5377 words)

	2001 APA Proposal
		As the polemarch, Callimachus of Aphidna probably performed the sacrifices before the battle to ensure victory and then led the right flank of the Athenian line (Herodotus 6.111).
		There is evidence that he died in the heart of the struggle on the plain, fighting heroically, as the Athenians routed the Persians.
		Callimachus’ rank, his religious responsibilities and his bravery in battle would all mark the spot of his death, on the Athenian right flank, as a logical location for the burial mound.
	www.unc.edu /~sclawren/m-1996proposal.html (686 words)

	Society Fresh : Article 'Philetas of Cos' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		His elegies, chiefly of an amatory nature and singing the praises of his mistress Battis (or Bittis), were much admired by the Romans.
		He is frequently mentioned by Ovid and Propertius, the latter of whom imitated him and preferred him to his rival Callimachus, whose superior mythological lore was more to the taste of the Alexandrian critics.
		Philetas was also the author of a vocabulary called "Aro/cra, explaining the meanings of rare and obscure words, including words peculiar to certain dialects; and of notes on Homer, severely criticized by Aristarchus.
	www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle293905.html (393 words)

	America export trade information online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		That magistrate, the third of the nine archons, was held by virtue of his office equal in dignity to the military leaders, and to him was confided the privilege of a casting vote.
		"On you, Callimachus," said the chief of the Chersonese, "on you it rests, whether Athens shall be enslaved, or whether from age to age your country, freed by your voice, shall retain in yours a name dearer to her even than those of Aristogiton and Harmodius [279].
		If she succumb to the Mede, she is rendered again to the tyranny of Hippias--but if she conquer, she may rise to the first eminence among the states of Greece.
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	Archons of Athens
		The archon was the chief magistrate in many Greek cities, but in Athens there were three archons, the archon eponymous, the polemarch (replaced in 501 BC by ten strategoi), and the basileus (the ceremonial remnant of the Athenian monarchy).
		After 683 BC the offices were held for only a single year, and the year was named after the archon eponymous.
		The polemarch or strategoi, basileus, and thesmothetai (the six assistants to the archons) are also listed, where known.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/ArchonsOfAthens.html (410 words)

	The Saviours of Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Athens had learned of this threat and had recalled all ostracised citizens previously, one of the most valuable proving to be Miltiades, a former tyrant in the Chersonese.
		The polemarch, or commander in chief, at that time was Callimachus.
		The Athenians were split as to how they were to react to this threat, but in the end, Callimachus adopted Miltiades' plan and advanced to meet the Persians.
	www.dicksonc.act.edu.au /Showcase/ClioContents/general/saviours.html (1695 words)

	Perseus Lookup Tool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The earliest of the elegiac poets was Philetas of Cos; the greatest, perhaps, Callimachus (q.v.).
		A pupil of Callimachus, he wrote a long epic, Argonautica, in four books, in which, departing from his master's taste for the learned and artificial, he aimed at all the simplicity of Homer.
		There was an eleventh vote, however, that of the Polemarch, Callimachus of Aphidnae.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vor?target=en,1&collection=Any&lookup=Callimachus&formentry=1&template=&searchText=&alts=1&extern=1&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0002;2394;65535&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062;1576;13130675&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0039;923;817026&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0040;1139;1928164&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0004;4048;5806160&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0048;918;124462&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0041;924;4501079&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0042;919;331721&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043;965;4817651&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0054;2031;2570557&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006;5253;9153903&group=work&.cgifields=alts&.cgifields=group&.cgifields=extern&.cgifields=type (245 words)

	MILTIADES - LoveToKnow Article on MILTIADES
		If Miltiades really recommended the destruction of the bridge, we may infer that the Herodotean story of his flight before the Scythians is a misunderstanding of the fact that his residence in Chersonese after the Scythian invasion was insecure and not continuous.
		On the approach of the Persians Miltiades was made one of the ten Athenian generals, and it was on his advice that the polemarch Callimachus decided to give battle at Marathon (q.v.).
		Subsequently he used his influence with the Athenians to induce them to give him a fleet of seventy ships without any indication of his object (Herod.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MI/MILTIADES.htm (772 words)

	Ancient Warfare: Ionian Revolt against Persia
		It must be admitted that with all their valor the Greeks were plentifully supplied with traitors, and more than once those in whom the fullest trust was reposed were bribed to betray their country.
		Since the vote was a tie, the decision fell upon Callimachus, the Polemarch, for we have learned that down to this time the third Archon was a colleague of the ten generals.
		The post of honor, the extreme right, was given to the Polemarch Callimachus, while the equally difficult post, the far left, was held by the Plataeans.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Story_of_the_Greatest_Nations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/ancient_bfb.html (2473 words)

	Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 499 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		There are preserved two declamations by him, artificial variations upon the same theme [funeral orations in honour of Cynae-
		girus and Callimachus, the generals who fell at Marathon].
		A financial board at Athen^, composed of ten members chosen yearly from the tribes by lot.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /seyffert/0502.html (722 words)

	callimachus - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Callimachus : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		CALLIMACHUS : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=callimachus&loc=resrd (92 words)

	Battle of Marathon
		The Athenian army, numbering 9,000-10,000, under Callimachus the
		polemarch and accompanied by his ten tribal generals marched north from Athens.
		Since the bulk of Persian infantry were archers, the Greek plan was to advance in formation until they reached the limit of the archer's effectiveness, the "beaten zone," or roughly 200 yards, then advance in double time to close ranks quickly and bring their heavy infantry into play.
	en.efactory.pl /Battle_of_Marathon (1182 words)

	Custom essay on History / Greco-Persian Wars - Essay Empire
		Since it is impossible to see why the Athenians would worry about one of their own citizens tyrannizing abroad, Herodotus is surely right to ascribe the trial to the machinations of Miltiades' enemies (6.104); alternative rumors ascribed the attack to Themistocles or the Alcmaeonids.
		In any event, Miltiades was acquitted and went on to take the lead in the Greek victory over Darius, persuading the polemarch Callimachus and several of the other strategoi to let him direct Athenian strategy.
		The Greek statistic is probably correct, for the names were inscribed on the battlefield; they included Callimachus.
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	Miltiades Biography / Biography of Miltiades Biography Biography
		By this time 1,000 Plataeans had joined the 10,000 or so Athenians, and it was not known whether aid was coming from Sparta; yet Miltiades advised engagement.
		The voting of the 10 generals was equal, but the polemarch, Callimachus, broke the tie in favor of Miltiades.
		While Miltiades waited for an opportunity to meet the enemy under favorable terms, news came that the Spartans would march out when the moon was full.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-miltiades (527 words)

	Herodotus' Inquiries, Book 6: installment 34
		By saying that Miltiades won over Callimachus and, when the polemarch’s opinion came to be added, it was ratified to give battle.
		Then afterwards the generals, whose opinion was to give battle, when it came to be the presidency of each of them for the day, gave it over to Miltiades, and he received it and not in any way yet was giving a battle, at least before indeed it came to be his presidency.
		But when it had gone round to him, thereupon indeed the Athenians were stationed this way with the intention that they would do battle: of the right wing the polemarch was leader, because the law at that time was thus for the Athenians, for the polemarch to have the right wing.
	www.losttrails.com /pages/Tales/Inquiries/Herodotus_34.html (3530 words)

	Run The Planet - Running through History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Polemarch at this juncture was Callimachus of Aphidnae; to him therefore Miltiades went, and said: "With thee it rests, Callimachus, either to bring Athens to slavery, or, by securing her freedom, to leave behind thee to all future generations a memory beyond even Harmodius and Aristogeiton.
		Or, if thou preferrest to give thy vote to them who would decline the combat, then the reverse will follow".
		[6.110] Miltiades by these words gained Callimachus; and the addition of the Polemarch's vote caused the decision to be in favour of fighting.
	www.runtheplanet.com /content.php?page=main&include=pages/refer/articles/herodotus.php (2609 words)

	sgds_7
		Can you think of any reasons why these four battles, a pair of historical battles and a pair of mythical battles, were chosen to be depicted together in this mural?
		Cleisthenes replaced the Polemarch with the board of ten generals (strategoi) as the chief military officials of the state.
		Callimachus held the office of polemarch the year of Marathon.
	ccwf.cc.utexas.edu /~perlman/history/sgds_7.html (410 words)

	Newsletter July 2002
		Understanding the undeniable threat to freedom of endeavor and existence posed by the Persians, and repulsed utterly by such a totalitarian rule and stale society, the rest of the Strategos pressed for an offensive, to give battle to the Medes, the mighty Persians.
		The decision which would decide the fate of all the nations to follow, fell to the Polemarch Callimachus.
		Callimachus chose to give battle, against 10-to-1 odds, against the immortals.
	www.hrs.org.nz /samwc/2002/0207/0207.htm (4506 words)

	Miltiades
		To break the deadlock, the generals summoned Callimachus, the Polemarch, or current War-Ruler, elected in time of military crises.
		The Polemarch Callimachus, with his tribe Aeantis, were assigned the usual place of honor on the right flank, the most exposed and harder to defend.
		It was here that Callimachus fell, and many other Athenians lost limbs and lives in their effort to drag the fleeing enemy back from their ships.
	www.alphaliterary.com /Miltiades.htm (7465 words)

	A Smaller History of Greece by William Smith - Full Text Free Book (Part 2/5)
		Callimachus, the Polemarch, yielded to the arguments of
		army, was commanded by the Polemarch Callimachus; the hoplites
		perished in the battle, and the brave Polemarch Callimachus was
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