Chaeron of Pellene

Charon (Greek Χαίρων; 4th century BC) was a Greek follower of Alexander the Great and tyrant of Pellene, also a famous wrestler and followers of the philosophy of the Platonic Academy.

Charon was a student of Plato and Xenocrates and the fame as a two-time winner of the isthmic and four -time winner of the Olympic Games as an athlete a name. Even before the year 331 BC, he was installed by the Macedonian generals Korrhagos as a tyrant in his hometown Pellene, sales, as such, the eminent citizens, and gave the slaves the right of citizenship. He held in this position during the war, the loyalty of these mice to the city of Corinth covenant and his Macedonian hegemony upright.