Chabrias (c. 420-357 BC)

Athenian general and mercenary. He drove the Spartan king Agesilaus from Boeotia, central Greece, using a new tactical manoeuvre, 378 BC, and repulsed the Theban general Epaminondas before Corinth. He was killed at the siege of Chios.

Chabrias took part in the Thracian expedition of the Athenian general Thrasybulus 390 BC. He defeated the Spartans at Aegina 388 and in 376 defeated the Spartan fleet off Naxos. In 366 he was accused of treason over the Theban occupation of Oropus, but was acquitted. In the Social War 357 he joined Chares in command of the Athenian fleet.