Deimachus
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Deimachus or Daimachus (; ) 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.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of birth
- 0400-00-00
- date of death
- 0300-01-01
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- significant place
- Plataea
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Deimachus or Daimachus (; ) 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.
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