Themison of Samos

Themison of Samos (Greek: Θεμίσων) was a naval commander in the service of Antigonus Monophthalmus.

He is first mentioned by Diodorus Siculus (Library of History, XIX.62) as bringing a fleet of 40 ships to Antigonus, who was besieging Tyre, from the Hellespont.^[1]^[2] He is next mentioned as participating in Demetrius Poliorcetes' expedition to Cyprus in 306 BC, and led the light vessels in the centre of the Antigonid fleet in the great sea-fight off Salamis against Ptolemy of Egypt (Diodorus, XX.50), which ended in a major victory for the Antigonid forces.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Billows 1990, pp. 117, 436.
^ ^a ^b Edward Herbert Bunbury (1870). "Themison (3)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. III. p. 1023.
^ Billows 1990, pp. 153–155, 436.

Sources

Billows, Richard A. (1990). Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20880-3.

[FOOTNOTEBillows1990117,_436-1] Billows 1990, pp. 117, 436.

[DGRBM-2] Edward Herbert Bunbury (1870). "Themison (3)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. III. p. 1023.

[FOOTNOTEBillows1990153–155,_436-3] Billows 1990, pp. 153–155, 436.

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