ABSTRACT
Nikostratos son of Dieitrephes is stated by Thucydides to have been a general in a number of years during the first half of the Peloponnesian War, ranging from 427 to his death in 418. Nikostratos, a Skambonides by deme, is mentioned in Aristophanes as a member of the audience at the performance of the Wasps in 422. This chapter shows that Nikostratos son of Dieitrephes was a Skambonides, that would be a useful piece of evidence for reconstructing the lists of generals for the various years in which he held the office. It also shows that the Nikostratos of the Wasps was a general, that might illuminate the satirical significance of the part of the play in which his name occurs. So, to judge from the evidence of tribal affiliations, the identification of Nikostratos son of Dieitrephes with Nikostratos the Skambonides, which means assigning him to IV, is possible, but it is only one of a number of possibilities.
