Callimachus (polemarch)

Callimachus
Datis fighting Kallimachos at the Battle of Marathon, in the Stoa Poikile (reconstitution)
Native name	Καλλίμαχος
Born	Afidnes
Died	490 BC Marathon
Allegiance	Athens
Rank	Polemarch
Battles/wars	Battle of Marathon
Memorials	The statue of the "Nike of Callimachus" He was portrayed among the Athenian gods and heroes on the wall‐paintings of the Stoa Poikile

Callimachus /kəˈlɪməkəs/ (Greek: Καλλίμαχος Kallímakhos) was the Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon, which took place during 490 BC. According to Herodotus he was from the Attica deme of Aphidna.^[1]