Ameinias of Athens

Ameinias or Aminias was a trireme commander, or trierarch, who distinguished himself at the battle of Salamis. Herodotus writes that Ameinias was from the Attic deme of Pallene, while Plutarch writes that he was from Decelea. Diodorus Siculus, perhaps following Ephorus, notes that he is the younger brother of the playwright Aeschylus, which would make his deme Eleusis. This is supported by an anonymous life of Aeschylus. The tenth-century Suda notes that Aeschylus had a brother Amenias who fought at Marathon with his brothers, but does not further identify him with the trierarch. The three claims cannot be reconciled easily, and it is likely that two or more men have been conflated by the sources.