Archestratus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέστρατος) was a general who in 432 BCE was sent by Athens to Potidaea, in which a revolt was brewing, to take Potidean hostages and demolish the city wall.
[3] Archestratus had 30 ships and a thousand armed soldiers, but thought his force too small to engage the rebels.
[4] Some scholars have suggested that it was the approach of Archistratus's fleet was what pushed Potidaea into open revolt.
The writers Xenophon and Diodorus Siculus, who give us Archestratus' name in this list, say no more of him; but we learn from Lysias that he died at Mytilene, and he appears therefore to have been with Conon when Callicratidas chased the Athenian fleet from Ἐκατόννησοι.
[7][8][9][10][4] This Archestratus is thought to be different from the boule member with this name, who was imprisoned for suggesting Athens capitulate to the Spartans.