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    Iphicrates (Greek: Ιφικράτης; c. 418 – c. 353 BC[citation needed]) was an Athenian general, who flourished in the earlier half of the 4th century BC. He...
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  • Ethmia iphicrates is a moth in the family Depressariidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Kenya. The wingspan is about 28 mm (1...
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    general Iphicrates destroyed a Spartan phalanx in the Battle of Lechaeum in 390 BC, using mostly peltasts. In the account of Diodorus Siculus, Iphicrates is...
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    daughter to the Athenian general Iphicrates. Prevented from marrying into Kotys' family, Amyntas soon adopted Iphicrates as his son. After the King's Peace...
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    of Syracuse. In 378 BC the Persian Empire hired the Athenian general Iphicrates with his mercenaries in the Egyptian campaign. The Mania, who was a sub-satrap...
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    Hellenistic warfare was a continuation of the military developments of Iphicrates and Philip II of Macedon, particularly his use of the Macedonian phalanx...
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    Lechaeum, a Spartan mora (regiment) was defeated by the Athenians led by Iphicrates at Lechaeum. The small airport was built by the Germans in the World War...
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    power between masters and valets, and finally the appearance of Arlequin. Iphicrate and his slave Arlequin find themselves shipwrecked on Slave Island, a...
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    weakened enemy formation. In the battle of Lechaeum, the Athenian general Iphicrates took advantage of the fact that a Spartan hoplite phalanx operating near...
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    Iphicrates near Mendes in 373 BC. The expedition force was too slow, giving time to the Egyptians to strengthen defenses. Pharnabazus and Iphicrates appeared...
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  • Timotheus, Iphicrates and his son Menestheus are sent with 60 ships to help him when the enemy fleet is sighted on the Hellespont. Timotheus and Iphicrates refuse...
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    would be the Battle of Lechaeum, where an Athenian contingent led by Iphicrates routed an entire Spartan mora (a unit of 500–900 hoplites). The Athenian...
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    with a light shield, javelins and a short sword. The Athenian general Iphicrates developed a new type of armour and arms for his mercenary army, which...
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    sent Iphicrates to the region to confront Anaxibius. For a time, the two forces merely raided each other's territory, but eventually Iphicrates succeeded...
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    Iphicrates near Mendes in 373 BC. The expedition force was too slow, giving time to the Egyptians to strengthen defences. Pharnabazus and Iphicrates appeared...
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  • The generals Timotheus, Iphicrates and his son Menestheus were sent to help him. At the Battle of Embata Timotheus and Iphicrates refused to engage due...
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  • Nectanebo I is able to gather his forces and repulse the Persian invasion. Iphicrates leads an Athenian expedition which successfully relieves Corcyra of a...
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    by peltasts (light infantry) under the command of the Athenian general Iphicrates. Spartan authority finally collapsed after their disastrous defeat at...
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  • their defeats to Philip II in Thessaly and Chalcidice on his colleagues (Iphicrates and Timotheus), Chares is left in sole command of the Athenian fleet....
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  • Bias, a Spartan commander caught in an ambush by the Athenian general Iphicrates Fanny Bias (1789–1825), French dancer, one of the first who raised on...
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    Alexander defeated his enemies with the help of the Athenian general Iphicrates, who had been sailing along the Macedonian coast on the way to recapture...
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    domains before reconquering them thanks to a mercenary army led by Iphicrates. Iphicrates subsequently married the daughter of Seuthes' son, Cotys I. Cotys...
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  • at Cromnus. The Athenian general, Iphicrates, fails in attempts to recover Amphipolis. Retiring to Thrace, Iphicrates fights for his father-in-law, the...
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  • books on the topics of Classical Greek warfare, the military reforms of Iphicrates, Athenian democracy, and the military history of Sparta. He is also cited...
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  • birth estimates for Cotys, his daughter who married the Athenian general Iphicrates, and her son Menestheus. According to Harpokration, he reigned for 24...
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  • Inconclusive last battle of the Third Sicilian War 391 BC Battle of Lechaeum Iphicrates of Athens defeats Sparta during the Corinthian War. 390 BC Battle of the...
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  • historian Xenophon describes the voyage of the Athenian fleet commander Iphicrates through unfriendly waters and the strategy he used combined with the sheer...
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    of Thebes and Iphicrates of Athens. Philip improved on these military innovators by using both Epaminondas' deeper phalanx and Iphicrates' combination...
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    Chabrias, Artaxerxes dispatched a great army led by the Athenian general Iphicrates and the Persian Pharnabazus. It has been recorded that the army was composed...
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  • part of Cyprus and to several cities of Anatolia. The Athenian general, Iphicrates, with a force composed almost entirely of light troops and peltasts (javelin...
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