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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Son of TIMANDER, Asopodorus commanded the Theban CAVALRY on the Persian side at PLATAEA in 479 BCE, inflicting heavy damage on the Megarian and Phleiasian HOPLITES (9.69.2). Asopodorus’ son (named Herodotus) is the honorand of PINDAR’s Isthmian 1 for a victory in the chariot race. The references to Asopodorus’ fate in the poem (ll. 32–40) seem to indicate a post‐war EXILE at ORCHOMENUS. If so, he, unlike other Theban leaders, escaped execution at the hands of PAUSANIAS (Hdt. 9.88).

SEE ALSO: Attaginus; Horses; Medize; Thebes (Boeotian)