Conon
Sign in to savethumb|Conon from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum Conon () (before 443 BC – ) was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War, who led the Athenian naval forces when they were defeated by a Peloponnesian fleet in the crucial Battle of Aegospotami; later he contributed significantly to the restoration of Athens' political and military power.
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- Born
- 1807
- Died
- 1874
- Works
- 16
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 401 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 390 BCE
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Place of death
- Cyprus
- Child
- Timotheus
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- strategos
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Battle of Cnidus
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- Commanding the Athenian fleet
- Winning Since 1996
- Aftermath and later career
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- Further reading
thumb|Conon from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum Conon () (before 443 BC – ) was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War, who led the Athenian naval forces when they were defeated by a Peloponnesian fleet in the crucial Battle of Aegospotami; later he contributed significantly to the restoration of Athens' political and military power.
==Commanding the Athenian fleet== Shortly after the Battle of Notium, Conon took over command of the Athenian fleet from Alcibiades, who had fled to Thrace. When the new Spartan navarch (commander-in-chief of the fleet) Callicratidas took over command from Lysander, he started an aggressive campaign against the Athenians in the Aegean. After taking Methymna in Lesbos, he sent a message to Conon, declaring that he would put an end to Conon's command of the sea. Soon thereafter, Callicratidas caught Conon's fleet of seventy ships at sea and pursued him towards Mytilene Harbor on Lesbos, where in the ensuing battle, Conon lost thirty ships. Conon drew the remaining forty ships up onto the beach, but while blockading him from sea, Callicratidas also surrounded him on land, having transported land forces from Chios and gaining the aid of the Methymnaeans.