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Xanthippus

Ξάνθιππος).


1.

The son of Ariphron and father of Pericles. He succeeded Themistocles as commander of the Athenian fleet in B.C. 479, and commanded the Athenians at the decisive battle of Mycalé.


2.

A Lacedaemonian, who commanded the Carthaginians against Regulus. See Regulus.

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