Talk:Eurybiades

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Adam Bishop in topic Greek spelling

...and Themistocles used some of his bribe to pay off Eurybiades (at least according to Herodotus, who is biased against Themistocles).

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Actually, Herodotus is biased in favor of Themistocles (cf. The Herodotean Picture of Themistocles: A Mirror of Fifth-century Athens, by Wolfgang Blösel). Also, taking bribes back then was not uncommon for Athenian Generals and is a well known part of Themistocles' character. All history is biased anyways. I propose to cut out what is in the parenthesis.

Greek spelling edit

Is it "Εὐριβιάδης" or "Εὐρυβιάδης"? The latter seems more likely since all the other Eury- names are spelled like that (and Google seems to agree). Adam Bishop (talk) 14:08, 3 May 2010 (UTC)Reply