biography
pronunciation:
[fohshion]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.402–318 BC)
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| biography:
| Athenian soldier. He commanded a division of the Athenian fleet at Naxos (376 BC), helped to conquer Cyprus for Artaxerxes III (351 BC), crushed the Macedonian party in Euboea (341 BC), and the following year forced Philip II to evacuate the Chersonesus. After the murder of Philip (336 BC) he struggled at Athens to repress the reckless desire for war. On the death of Alexander (323 BC), he vainly endeavoured to prevent the Athenians from going to war with Antipater, regent in Macedon. During a brief return to democracy in Athens, he was put to death on a charge of treason. |
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