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Lamachus

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5th-century BC Athenian general

Lived 469 BC to 414 BC · aged 55
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Lamachus was an Athenian strategos or general in the Peloponnesian War. He commanded as early as 435 BCE, and was prominent by the mid 420s. Aristophanes caricatured him in The Acharnians and subsequently honoured his memory in The Frogs. He was one of the three generals placed in command of the Sicilian Expedition.

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Lived 469 BC to 414 BC · aged 55
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