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Lamachus

Born circa 470 B.C.; died 414 B.C. Athenian military leader in ancient Greece. He participated in the Pontic expedition of Pericles (circa 444). Together with Alcibiades and Nicias he commanded the expedition to Sicily in 415 during the Peloponnesian War. He died in the early stages of the siege of Syracuse.

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Four parasitoids, Aptesis melana Li & Sheng, 2013, Aptesis nigricoxa Li & Sheng, 2013, Lamachus nigrus Li, Sheng & Sun, 2012, and Lamachus rufiabdominalis Li, Sheng & Sun, 2012, (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), have been reported on N.

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Nicias, Alcibiades, and Lamachus were chosen as joint commanders, and 136 warships--carrying 5,100 hoplites but only 30 horses--set sail.

Second Fronts: factors in success and failure and implications for the future

The relationship between sexuality, violence, and the political order is strikingly shown when Dicaeopolis strips Lamachus, the embodiment of the Big Man and the personification of militarism, (34) of his trappings of power: the shield (581-3) and helmet (584-8).

Humiliation? Voyeurism, violence, and humor in old comedy

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There are many factors behind the failure of Athens' invasion: a lack of accurate intelligence about Sicily, Syracuse's similarities to Athens as a wealthy commercial democracy, Alcibiades' flight to Sparta after his arrest, the death of the competent general Lamachus, and the caution or timidity of the remaining general, Nicias.

Battlewise history

In the raid on Chryseros' house, the robber Lamachus has his hand pinned to the door by a large nail.

Benefits and moral Development in Apuleius' Metamorphoses

The Athenian commander Lamachus tries to stop him, but by the end of the play Lamachus slumps wounded and dejected while Dicaeopolis enjoys a peacetime life of food, wine, and sex.

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