Themison of Samos
Themison of Samos (Greek: Θεμίσων) was a naval commander in the service of Antigonus Monophthalmus.
He is first mentioned by Diodorus Siculus (Library of History, XIX.62) as bringing a fleet of 40 ships to Antigonus, who was besieging Tyre, from the Hellespont.[1][2] He is next mentioned as participating in Demetrius Poliorcetes' expedition to Cyprus in 306 BC, and led the light vessels in the centre of the Antigonid fleet in the great sea-fight off Salamis against Ptolemy of Egypt (Diodorus, XX.50), which ended in a major victory for the Antigonid forces.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Billows 1990, pp. 117, 436.
- ^ a b
Edward Herbert Bunbury (1870). "Themison (3)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. III. p. 1023.
- ^ Billows 1990, pp. 153–155, 436.
Sources[edit]
- Billows, Richard A. (1990). Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20880-3.