Timoclaea - A True Greek Patriot

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  • Karposh
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    • Aug 2015
    • 863

    Timoclaea - A True Greek Patriot

    A persistent question that has caused endless debates and arguments between the usual suspects today, in the 21st Century, is whether Philip II in fact conquered or united Greece when he defeated the united Greek armies at Chaeronea on 2nd August, 338 BC.
    It is pointless to argue today about what Philip’s intentions really were. We weren’t there so we wouldn’t know. We weren’t there when brave Greek soldiers were being cut to pieces while the corpses of their fallen comrades were piling up all around them. The answer to this question needs to be clarified by those who witnessed these events. Fortunately, as luck would have it, we have such witnesses, thanks to the surviving ancient records.
    Witness 1: Lycurgus (Athenian Orator). Speaking with regard to the Geek defeat at Chaeronea -“With the dead was buried the freedom of Greece”
    Witness 2: Demosthenes (Athenian Politician & Orator). His composition of the epitaph for the common grave of fallen Greeks at Chaeronea – “Time, whose overseeing eye records all human actions, bear word to mankind what fate was suffered, how striving to safeguard the holy soil of Greece upon Boeotia’s plain we died.”
    Witness 3: Timoclaea (Theban Noble Woman). During the destruction of Thebes, while Thracian soldiers ransacked the home of Timoclaea, their leader took hold of her and raped her. After having raped her, he enquired about any valuables she might have. Timoclaea led the culprit alone to her garden with the promise of hidden gold and silver inside a well. As the Thracian bent over the well, Timoclaea exacted her revenge by pushing him into it and throwing down a shower of stones on top of him until he was dead. The Thracians brought Timoclaea before Alexander in chains to pass judgement on her for killing their leader. When Alexander asked her who she was, the distinguished and courageous Timoclaea replied without fear or distress “I am the sister of Theogenes who fought against Philip for the freedom of Greece and who fell at Chaeronea where he was commander in chief.” Impressed by her dignified response, Alexander promptly let her go.
    Verdict: Macedonia conquered Greece. Case closed.
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