HI
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Athenian military commander
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
(Athens)
Family:
Mother:
Elpinice
Father:
Callias II
Spouse(s):
Deinomache
Pericles' first wife
Children:
Callias III
Hipparete
The details
Biography
Hipponicus (/hɪˈpɒnɪkəs/; Greek: Ἱππόνικος) was an Athenian military commander. He was the son of Callias II and the father of Callias III. His daughter Hipparete was the wife of Alcibiades. Together with Eurymedon he commanded the Athenian forces in the incursion into Boeotian territory (426 BC) and was slain at the Battle of Delium (424).