Person

Pentathlus

fl. c. 580 BCE · 6th century BCE

Pentathlus was a Greek leader from Cnidus who, according to Diodorus and Pausanias, led settlers from Cnidus and Rhodes to found a colony near Lilybaeum in western Sicily around 580 BCE. The attempt failed in fighting with the Elymians of Segesta and the Phoenicians, Pentathlus was killed, and the survivors went on to settle Lipari.

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