Codrus

Kodros (Greek Κόδρος ), the son of Melanthus of the family of Neleidae, was the last ( legendary ) king of Attica.

Following the fabled tradition explained at an incidence of the Dorians in 1068 BC the oracle, the Athenians would only win when their king was killed by the enemies. Kodros went disguised as a peasant into the enemy camp, which was located on the river Ilisos. He began to quarrel and there was slain, after which the Dorians, after customer received from the oracle really departed. The already conquered Megara they left the Corinthians.

The succession is told differently. One version is: Under the pretext that nobody is worthy to follow Kodros as king, the Eupatridae used the struggle for the throne of his sons for the abolition of the monarchy. From Kodros ' sons, Medon first lifelong Archon, Neleus and Androklos was founded colonies in Asia Minor.

In Delphi there was a statue of Kodros, which was created by Phidias.

Literary adaptations

Lessing was interested in the 1750s for the Kodros fabric, but came through sketches not go to a planned piece. Johann Friedrich von Cronegk however, handed his 1757 five-act tragedy Alexandrians " Codrus " at the Nicolai'schen contests and was explained by the winner. The piece appeared then for the first time in 1758 in the appendix to the first two volumes of the Library of the fine arts and the free men of arts in pressure and later underwent further issues. A performance in Hamburg is discussed in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Hamburg Dramaturgy.

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