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Deimachus or Daimachus (/diˈɪməkəs/; Ancient Greek: Δηΐμαχος or Δαΐμαχος) was a Greek from Plataeae, who lived during the third-century BCE. He became an ambassador to the court of the Mauryan ruler Bindusara "Amitragatha" (son of Chandragupta Maurya) in Pataliputra in India.Deimachus was sent by Antiochus I Soter. As an ambassador, he was the successor to the famous ambassador and historian Megasthenes. Both of them were mentioned by Strabo. Both of these men were sent [as] ambassadors to Palimbothra (Pataliputra): Megasthenes to Sandrocottus, Deimachus to Allitrochades his son.

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  • Deimakos (ca)
  • Daimachos (3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.) (de)
  • Deímaco (geógrafo) (es)
  • Deimachus (en)
  • Déimaque de Platées (fr)
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  • Deimakos era un grec de l'Imperi Seleucida que va viure durant el segle III aC. Es va convertir en ambaixador a la cort de "Amitragata" (fill de Chandragupta Maurya) a Pataliputra a Índia. (ca)
  • Deímaco (/diˈɪməkəs/; griego Δηίμαχος) era un griego del Imperio Seleucida que vivió durante el siglo III a. C. Se convirtió en embajador en la corte de Bindusara "Amitragata" (hijo de Chandragupta Maurya) en Pataliputra en India. ​ (es)
  • Déimaque (en grec ancien Δαίμαχος ou Δηίμαχος) est un ambassadeur et géographe grec de la première moitié du IIIe siècle av. J.-C.. Il doit être distingué de l'historien homonyme du IVe siècle av. J.-C. (fr)
  • Daimachos (auch Deimachos, griechisch Δαίmαχος oder Δηίmαχος) war ein antiker griechischer Geschichtsschreiber und Diplomat im 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Daimachos stammte, wie ein anderer gleichnamiger Geschichtsschreiber, aus Plataiai. Er stand in Diensten des Seleukiden Antiochos I. und fungierte als Nachfolger des Megasthenes als seleukidischer Gesandter am Hof des indischen Mauryakönigs Bindusara in Pataliputra (Palimbothra), wie Strabon berichtet: „Sie waren nämlich nach Palimbothra geschickt worden – Megasthenes zu Sandrokottos (Chandragupta Maurya), Deimachos zu dessen Sohn Amitrochades (Bindusara).“ (de)
  • Deimachus or Daimachus (/diˈɪməkəs/; Ancient Greek: Δηΐμαχος or Δαΐμαχος) was a Greek from Plataeae, who lived during the third-century BCE. He became an ambassador to the court of the Mauryan ruler Bindusara "Amitragatha" (son of Chandragupta Maurya) in Pataliputra in India.Deimachus was sent by Antiochus I Soter. As an ambassador, he was the successor to the famous ambassador and historian Megasthenes. Both of them were mentioned by Strabo. Both of these men were sent [as] ambassadors to Palimbothra (Pataliputra): Megasthenes to Sandrocottus, Deimachus to Allitrochades his son. (en)
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  • Deimakos era un grec de l'Imperi Seleucida que va viure durant el segle III aC. Es va convertir en ambaixador a la cort de "Amitragata" (fill de Chandragupta Maurya) a Pataliputra a Índia. (ca)
  • Daimachos (auch Deimachos, griechisch Δαίmαχος oder Δηίmαχος) war ein antiker griechischer Geschichtsschreiber und Diplomat im 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Daimachos stammte, wie ein anderer gleichnamiger Geschichtsschreiber, aus Plataiai. Er stand in Diensten des Seleukiden Antiochos I. und fungierte als Nachfolger des Megasthenes als seleukidischer Gesandter am Hof des indischen Mauryakönigs Bindusara in Pataliputra (Palimbothra), wie Strabon berichtet: „Sie waren nämlich nach Palimbothra geschickt worden – Megasthenes zu Sandrokottos (Chandragupta Maurya), Deimachos zu dessen Sohn Amitrochades (Bindusara).“ Über diese Zeit verfasste Daimachos ein Geschichtswerk mit dem Titel Indiká, von dem nur wenige Fragmente erhalten sind. Daimachos scheint darin gegen andere Autoren polemisiert zu haben, doch wurde seine Glaubwürdigkeit schon in der Antike als sehr gering eingeschätzt. Strabon etwa bestritt nicht nur die Angaben in Daimachos' Indiká, er kam auch an derselben Stelle zu einem vernichtenden Urteil über die beiden genannten Autoren (wenngleich Megasthenes in der Forschung keinen schlechten Ruf genießt): „Nun gilt für sämtliche Autoren die über Indien geschrieben haben, dass sie meist schwindeln, im höchsten Maße aber für Deimachos; den zweiten Preis bekommt Megasthenes; Onesikritos, Nearchos und Andere von diesem Schlag stammeln bereits die Wahrheit.“ (de)
  • Deimachus or Daimachus (/diˈɪməkəs/; Ancient Greek: Δηΐμαχος or Δαΐμαχος) was a Greek from Plataeae, who lived during the third-century BCE. He became an ambassador to the court of the Mauryan ruler Bindusara "Amitragatha" (son of Chandragupta Maurya) in Pataliputra in India.Deimachus was sent by Antiochus I Soter. As an ambassador, he was the successor to the famous ambassador and historian Megasthenes. Both of them were mentioned by Strabo. Both of these men were sent [as] ambassadors to Palimbothra (Pataliputra): Megasthenes to Sandrocottus, Deimachus to Allitrochades his son. Deimachus apparently wrote extensively on India, and is quoted as a reference in geographical matters, although his works are now lost. It is likely there are more than 3000 stadia, but taking this number, if we add thereto the 30,000 stadia, which Deimachus states there are between [the southern extremity of India] and the country of the Bactrians and Sogdians, we shall find both of these nations lie beyond the temperate zone and habitable earth. (Strabo II,1,14). The computations of Megasthenes and Deïmachus are more moderate, for they estimate the distance from the Southern Sea to Caucasus at above 20,000 stadia. Strabo, however, disputed these figures, and some of the fanciful accounts of both men, although they also brought extensive knowledge about India. Generally speaking, the men who hitherto have written on the affairs of India, were a set of liars. Deimachus holds the first place in the list, Megasthenes comes next, while Onesicritus and Nearchus, with others of the same class, manage to stammer out a few words [of truth]. Of this we became the more convinced whilst writing the history of Alexander. No faith whatever can be placed in Deimachus and Megasthenes. They coined the fables concerning men with ears large enough to sleep in, men without any mouths, without noses, with only one eye, with spider-legs, and with fingers bent backward. They renewed Homer's fable concerning the battles of the Cranes and Pygmies, and asserted the latter to be three spans high. They told of ants digging for gold, of Pans with wedge-shaped heads, of serpents swallowing down oxen and stags, horns and all; meantime, as Eratosthenes has observed, reciprocally accusing each other of falsehood. (Strabo II, I, 9). (en)
  • Deímaco (/diˈɪməkəs/; griego Δηίμαχος) era un griego del Imperio Seleucida que vivió durante el siglo III a. C. Se convirtió en embajador en la corte de Bindusara "Amitragata" (hijo de Chandragupta Maurya) en Pataliputra en India. ​ (es)
  • Déimaque (en grec ancien Δαίμαχος ou Δηίμαχος) est un ambassadeur et géographe grec de la première moitié du IIIe siècle av. J.-C.. Il doit être distingué de l'historien homonyme du IVe siècle av. J.-C. (fr)
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