What Greek military hero do you admire most?

[joeandmich]

Cleopatra! Just kidding mile:
Although I think she caused the most trouble for Rome after Pyrrhus.

For a hero I'm thinking Antipater. A loyal, capable, and popular general who held Macedonia together. He seems to have been the most repected man in his time. It's hard to see who else could have secured the homeland as well as he did while sending Alexander reenforcements.

I have to agree with Mommsen. Mithradates was a wild-eyed old man who only brought about the destruction of his kingdom. Besides, wasn't he half Iranian? Why should he be considered Greek in the first place? :razz:

~Theo

For some reason I thought he lead a semi successful revolt in Greece during the time of Marius when Julius Ceasar was a young man. My bad