Dorimachus
Dorimachus (
Ancient Greek: Δωρίμαχος), surnamed Trichonius by Polybius,[1] was an Aetolian general and legislator who took an active part in the Social War (220–217 BC). [2]
He was son of Nicostratus, and was born in ancient
Trichonion in Aetolia, on the shores of what is now Lake Trichonida
.
In 219 BC, he was responsible for destroying the Sanctuary of Dodona. The ancient historian Polybius frequently mentions Dorimachus in his works.[3] [4]
Dorimachus is also referred to in a decree of the Delphic Amphictyony as a hieromnemon, a representative of the Aetolian League. In the modern city of Agrinio, there has been a street named after Dorimachus since 1920.
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External sources
Bibliography
- Georg Visowa: "Dorimachos" (in German), 1905.
- Polybius. The Histories. Book IV.
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