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Phocion
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Also known as Fókión

thumb|Sculpture of Phocion, by François-Nicolas Delaistre, 1824. Phocion (; Phokion; c. 402 – c. 318 BC), nicknamed The Good ( ), was an Athenian statesman and strategos, and the subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives.

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Active to
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Citizenship
Classical Athens
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Statue of Phocion, Vatican.png
Work location
Classical Athens
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date of birth
0402-00-00
date of death
0318-00-00
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Phocion
name in native language
Φωκίων
significant place
Classical Athens
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Contents
  • Early life
  • Early military service to Athens
  • Role in the Athenian Assembly
  • Anecdotes
  • Military career
  • Management of the Second Athenian League
  • Military service to Persia in Cyprus
  • Campaign in Euboea against Macedonia
  • Campaign to repel Philip II from Byzantium
  • Confrontation with Macedonia
  • Subjection of Athens by Philip II
  • Relations with Alexander
  • Lamian War
  • Oligarchy of Demades and Phocion
  • Crisis of Polyperchon
  • Death
  • Phocion "The Good"
  • Appraisal
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Sources
  • External links

thumb|Sculpture of Phocion, by François-Nicolas Delaistre, 1824. Phocion (; Phokion; c. 402 – c. 318 BC), nicknamed The Good ( ), was an Athenian statesman and strategos, and the subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives.

Phocion was a successful politician of Athens. He believed that extreme frugality was the condition for virtue and lived in accord with this; consequently, he was popularly known as "The Good." Further, people thought that Phocion was the most honest member of the Athenian Assembly. However, within this chamber, Phocion's tendency to strong opposition relegated him to a solitary stand against the entire political class. Nonetheless, by both his individual prestige and his military expertise, which was acquired by the side of Chabrias, Phocion was elected strategos numerous times, with a record 45 terms in office. Thus, during most of his 84 years of life, Phocion occupied the most important Athenian offices.

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