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Phormio (Greek: ΦορμίωνPhormion, gen.: Φορμίωνος), the son of Asopius, was an Athenian general and admiral before and during the Peloponnesian War.[1] A talented naval commander, Phormio commanded at several famous Athenian victories in 428 BC, and was honoured after his death with a statue on the acropolis and a state funeral. He is considered one of Athens' many great admirals, alongside Themistocles and Cimon.
^Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia: A New Edition, Volume 6. Pg 587
Phormio (Greek: Φορμίων Phormion, gen.: Φορμίωνος), the son of Asopius, was an Athenian general and admiral before and during the Peloponnesian War. A...
to undo the arrangement with Phormio, but Phormio has already paid the money to Phaedria to buy his slave girl. Phormio escapes punishment since Chremes'...
'fortune favours the strong/brave', was used in Terence's 151 BC comedy play Phormio, line 203. Ovid extends the phrase at I.608 of his didactic work, Ars Amatoria...
Osgood & Company. p. 352. Terence, Phormio 173. D. S. Raven (1965). Latin Metre: An Introduction, p. 45. Terence, Phormio 277. "This image is enchantingly...
battle in the Peloponnesian War between an Athenian fleet commanded by Phormio and a Peloponnesian fleet composed of contingents from various states,...
victory at Rhium, set an Athenian fleet of twenty ships, commanded by Phormio, against a Peloponnesian fleet of seventy-seven ships, commanded by Cnemus...
Antiochus, Hannibal attended a lecture by Phormio, a philosopher, that ranged through many topics. When Phormio finished a discourse on the duties of a...
Halicarnassus - ancient astronomer Cleon of Halicarnassus - ancient orator Phormio of Halicarnassus - ancient boxer who was a victor at the boxing in the...
Chalcis—Chalcidians and their allies are defeated by Athens. 429 BC: Battle of Naupactus—Phormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet. 429 BC: An outbreak of a plague kills...
in Plautine diction. From magis volo "want more". R.H. Martin, Terence: Phormio (London: Methuen, 1969). P. 86 n. 29. This list compiled from a number...
leave the Delian League 429 Athens Siege of Kydonia (Local Victory) 429 Phormio, Athenian admiral, wins the Battle of Chalcis/Rhium. 429 Pericles dies...
This, along with the fact that Phormio's men were more experienced in naval warfare than the Spartans, gave Phormio the confidence to attack the Spartans’...
Cimon (Greek: Κίμων, romanized: Kimon), Nearchus (Νέαρχος, Nearchos) and Phormio (Φορμίων, Formion). These names had previously been used for the ex-US...
particularly narrow oligarchy was replaced by a new constitution designed by Phormio of Elis, a student of Plato (Arist. Pol. 1306a12-16; Plut. Mor. 805d, 1126c)...
Sirotinin translated from Greek and Latin The Poems by Theocritus (1890) and Phormio by Terence (1900), then switched to the Western Slavic poetry. He is considered...
and partly from Diphilus. The original of Terence's Hecyra (as of the Phormio) is generally supposed to be, not by Menander, but Apollodorus of Carystus...
mentioned by the Old Men as a good example of a hairy guy, together with Phormio, the Athenian admiral who swept the Spartans from the sea between 430 and...
assistance to Athens. The Athenians accordingly sent an expedition under Phormio, who took Argos, expelled the Ambraciots, and restored the town to the...
Rhium Naval defeat of the Peloponnesians by Athens. Battle of Naupactus Phormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet. 427 BC Mytilenean revolt Athens ends Mytilenian...
wrote 47 comedies and obtained the prize five times. Terence's Hecyra and Phormio were adapted from the Hekyra and Epidikazomenos of Apollodorus. Amphiareus...
with all of their generals and 430 other men killed. The Athenian admiral Phormio has two naval victories, the Naupactus and the Battle of Rhium at the mouth...
time, and were reinforced by another 1,600 hoplites under the command of Phormio. Both sides built walls and counter-walls, and the Athenians succeeded...
Thessaly, who corrupted not only Prytanis but also Agesias of Arcadia and Phormio of Halicarnassus with money. According to ancient tradition, this incident...
on 1 October 1992 and renamed Formion (D220), for the Athenian Admiral Phormio, and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995. Greece...