Archestratides

Archestratides ({{langx|grc|Ἀρχεστρατίδης}}) was an unusual name of ancient Greece that appears in only a few places in all of the ancient writing we have today, and may refer to one of several people:{{cite book

| last =Hypereides

| authorlink =Hypereides

| title =Hypereides: The Forensic Speeches

| translator-last=Whitehead

| translator-first=David

| editor-last=Whitehead

| editor-first=David

| publisher =Oxford University Press

| date =2000

| pages =108

| language =English

| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsyKOwt5rkC

| isbn = 9780198152187

| accessdate=2024-09-01}}

  • Archestratides ({{floruit}} 6th century BCE), archon of Athens from 577 to 576 BCE.
  • Archestratides of Samos ({{floruit}} 5th century BCE), father of Athenagoras of Samos.
  • Archestratides ({{floruit}} 5th century BCE), Athenian orator who prosecuted Alcibiades, apparently to satisfy a grudge between his house and that of Alcibiades.Lysias, Against Alcibiades 1Lysias, Against Alcibiades 2{{cite book

| last =Rubinstein

| first =Lene

| authorlink =Lene Rubinstein

| title =Litigation and Cooperation: Supporting Speakers in the Courts of Classical Athens

| publisher =Steiner

| date =2000

| pages =27, 96, 131, 137, 190, 236

| language =English

| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Leyjg3VO168C

| isbn = 9783515077576

| accessdate=2024-09-01}}{{cite book

| last =Robinson

| first =Cyril Edward

| authorlink =Cyril E. Robinson

| title =The Days of Alkibiades

| publisher =E. Arnold

| date =1916

| pages =

| language =English

| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=AAVZAAAAYAAJ

| isbn =

| accessdate=2024-09-01}}

  • Archestratides ({{floruit}} 4th century BCE), subject of a (lost) speech Against Archestratides by Hypereides. May be the same person as the prosecutor of Alcibiades, above.

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