Lamachus

Lamachus in Wikipedia

Lamachus (Greek: Λάμαχος) was an Athenian general in the Peloponnesian War. He commanded as early as 435 BCE, and was prominent by the mid 420s.[1] Aristophanes caricatured him in The Acharnians[2] and subsequently honoured his memory in The Frogs.[3] He was one of the three generals (alongside Nicias and Alcibiades) placed in command of the Sicili...

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Lamăchus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Λάμαχος). An Athenian, the colleague of Alcibiades and Nicias in the great Sicilian Expedition, B.C. 415. He fell under the walls of Syracuse, in a sally of the besieged. In Aristophanes he is represented as a brave but blustering soldier (Acharn. 565, etc.)....

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