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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Asonides commanded a TRIREME from AEGINA that was captured near SCIATHOS by an advance squadron of the Persian fleet shortly before the Battle of ARTEMISIUM in 480 BCE (7.181.1). His ship was notable because a soldier under his command, PYTHEAS SON OF ISCHENOUS, displayed such valor during the fighting that the Persians felt compelled to treat his wounds and shower him with honors. Asonides presumably shared the fate of the rest of his captured men and was enslaved (7.179–81). One family of MANUSCRIPTS of the Histories reads “Astonides.” Neither name is otherwise attested (Wilson 2015, 146).

SEE ALSO: Prisoners of War; Slavery