Battle of Notium (406 BC) — the same event in Plutarch's Parallel Lives and Xenophon

Plutarch's Parallel Lives: Alcibiades leaves the fleet in Antiochus's charge and departs (leading to the clash near Notium); Xenophon: While…

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Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 406 BC · Notium

Alcibiades leaves the fleet in Antiochus's charge and departs (leading to the clash near Notium)

ὁ δʼ ἀπολειφθεὶς ἐπὶ τῶν νεῶν ἐπιμελητὴς Ἀντίοχος ἀγαθὸς μὲν ἦν κυβερνήτης, ἀνόητος δὲ τἆλλα καὶ φορτικός·
Location: Plut. Alcibiades 35

Xenophon, Hellenica · 406 BC · Notium

While Alcibiades goes to see Thrasybulus at Phocaea, Antiochus passes by Ephesus and fights a battle; the Athenians lose fifteen ships at Notium.

ὁ δὲ Ἀντίοχος τῇ τε αὑτοῦ νηὶ καὶ ἄλλῃ ἐκ Νοτίου εἰς τὸν λιμένα τῶν Ἐφεσίων εἰσπλεύσας παρʼ αὐτὰς τὰς πρῴρας τῶν Λυσάνδρου νεῶν παρέπλει.
Location: 1.5.11–1.5.14

Place: Notium

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