for others with the same name Aristodemus disambiguation In Greek mythology , Aristodemus Ancient Greek was an Heracleidae , son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus . He was a great great grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus . Image KAranus.png thumb right 400px The Heracleidae attacks on the Peloponessus. Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them the Oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe . They received the answer that by the third fruit the third generation was meant, and that the narrow passage was not the isthmus of Corinth, Greece Corinth , but the straits of Rhium . They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus , but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning or shot by Apollo god Apollo and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heraclidae had slain an Acarnania n soothsayer. His brothers were later able to conquer the Peloponessus see Heracleidae . By his wife Argia mythology Argia , daughter of King Autesion of Ancient Thebes Boeotia Thebes , he was the father of twin Kings Eurysthenes and Procles , the ancestors of the two royal houses of Sparta . ref http classics.mit.edu Herodotus history.6.vi.html Herodotus, History of Herodotus, book 6 ref Sources Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca ii. 8. Diodorus Siculus , iv. 57, 58. Pausanias geographer Pausanias , i. 32, 41, ii. 13, 18, iii. I, iv. 3, v. 3. Euripides , Heraclidae . Pindar , Pythia , ix. 137. Herodotus , ix. 27. Karl Otfried M ller . Dorians , Part I, Chapter 3. Connop Thirlwall . History of Greece , Chapter VII. George Grote . History of Greece , Part I, Chapter XVIII. Georg Busolt. Griechische Geschichte , Part I, Chapter 11, Section 7, where a list of authorities ... Aristod me mythologie ko it Aristodemo mito nl Aristodemus Messeni r ja no Aristodemos ... more details
Aristodemus is an ancient Greek name that may refer to Aristodemus , a mythological figure who was a descendant of Heracles Aristodemus of Cumae 6th century BC , a tyrant Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum 5th century BC , a follower of Socrates depicted in Plato s Symposium Aristodemus of Megalopolis 3rd century BC , a tyrant Aristodemus of Messenia 8th century BC , a hero of the First Messenian War Aristodemus of Miletus 4th century BC , a diplomat Aristodemus of Nysa 1st century BC , two related grammarians rhetoricians, see Strabo and Herippe Aristodemus of Sparta 5th century BC , a soldier Aristodemus of Thebes , author, see List of anthologies of Greek epigrams Aristodemus may also refer to Papilio aristodemus , a species of butterfly dab hn ca Aristodem el fr Aristod me it Aristodemo nl Aristodemus ja sv Aristodemos ... more details
For other people named Aristodemus, see Aristodemus disambiguation . Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum Ancient Greek Language Greek , Arist d mos Kydath naie s , ca. 5th cent. BCE was an Classical Athens ancient Athenian follower of the philosophy philosopher Socrates . He is best remembered as a character and narrative source in Plato s Symposium Plato Symposium , and is also preserved in Xenophon s Memorabilia Xenophon Memorabilia . Life Aristodemus is described as a barefooted runt of low birth in Plato s Symposium , ref name symp Plato, Symposium , 173b ref while Xenophon refers to him as Aristodemus the dwarf Aristodemos ton mikron . He was a fellow demesman of the Old Comedy comedian Aristophanes , with whom he appears in the Symposium . Although little is known of his life, his depiction as a member of an earlier generation of Socratic followers places his birth in the early mid 5th century BCE. ref name nails Debra Nails , The People of Plato , Indianapolis Hackett Publishing, 2002, pp. 52 53 ref Scholars assume that his death preceded the end of the 5th century, since he was not present during the trial of Socrates Socrates final days in 399 despite being a devoted student. ref name symp ref name nails ref name xen Xenophon, Memorabilia , 1.4.2 19 ref His own philosophy is equally obscure. It is best preserved through his depiction in Xenophon as an admirer of artists who neither prays nor sacrifices due to what he perceives as the Greek gods gods lack of need, ref name nails ref name xen leading some commentators to accredit Aristodemus with a potential .... 54 ref Aristodemus significant role in Plato s Symposium has garnered debate, as scholars interpret ... the drinking party depicted in the Symposium involved each guest discoursing on the nature of Eros , Aristodemus ... in Plato s dialogues Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Aristodemus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Athens DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aristodemus ... more details
For others with the same name, see Aristodemus disambiguation Aristodemus was a Sparta n warrior, one of the many sent to the Battle of Thermopylae . He was one of only two Spartan survivors, as he was not present at the last stand. Along with a comrade, Eurytus Eurytus, the Spartan Warrior Eurytus , Aristodemus was stricken with an eye infection, causing King Leonidas to order the two to return home before the battle, but Eurytus turned back, though blind, and met his end charging into the fray. ref name H.7.229 Herodotus, 7.229 ref ref name dgrbm Schmitz vol 1. p304 ref The Greek historian Herodotus believed that had both Aristodemus and Eurytus returned alive, or had Aristodemus alone been ill and excused from combat, the Spartans would have ascribed no blame to Aristodemus. ref name H.7.229 However, because Eurytus did turn back and died in combat, Aristodemus was regarded as a coward and subjected to humiliation and disgrace at the hands of his compatriots in the words of Herodotus, no man would give him a light for his fire or speak to him he was called Aristodemus the Coward. ref Herodotus 7.231 ref The other survivor of the Three Hundred was a man named Pantites , who had been sent by Leonidas on an embassy to Thessaly . He failed to return to Thermopylae in time for the battle, and on finding himself in disgrace in Sparta, hanged himself. ref Herodotus, 7.232 ref Plataea At the Battle of Plataea , Aristodemus fought with such fury that the Spartans regarded him as having redeemed himself. Although they removed the black mark against his name, they would not award him ... having regarded as more valorous those who fought while still wishing to live. Aristodemus charged ... 300 film of the same name , Dilios is portrayed by David Wenham . Unlike Aristodemus, Dilios ... by G. C. Macaulay. Citation last Schmitz first Leonhard contribution Aristodemus title Dictionary of Greek ... http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0010.html DEFAULTSORT Aristodemus Category Ancient Spartan ... more details
For others with the same name, see Aristodemus disambiguation Aristodemus in Greek language Greek A o o lived 4th century BC , native of Miletus , was a friend and flatterer of Antigonus I Monophthalmus Antigonus , king of Asia, who sent him, in 315 BC , to the Peloponnese with 1000 talent weight talents , and ordered him to maintain friendly relations with Polyperchon and his son Alexander general Alexander , to collect as large a body of mercenaries as possible, and to conduct the war against Cassander . On his arrival in Laconia , he obtained permission from the Sparta ns to engage mercenaries in their country, and thus raised in the Peloponnese an army of 8000 men. The friendship with Polyperchon and his son Alexander was confirmed, and the former was made governor of the peninsula. The ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy , who was allied with Cassander, sent a fleet against the general and the allies of Antigonus, and Cassander made considerable conquests in the Peloponnese. After his departure, Aristodemus and Alexander at first endeavoured in common to persuade the towns to expel the garrisons of Cassander, and recover their independence. But Alexander soon allowed himself to be made a traitor to the cause he had hitherto espoused, and was rewarded by Cassander with the chief command of his forces in the Peloponnese. In 314 BC , Aristodemus invited the Aetolian League Aetolians to support the cause of Antigonus and having raised a great number of mercenaries among them, he attacked Alexander, who was besieging Kyllini Elia , Greece Cyllene , and compelled ..., Greece Dyme in Aetolia , to what was then called freedom. After this, 306 BC , Aristodemus occurs ... Biography and Mythology , http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0314.html Aristodemus 5 , Boston , 1867 Notes Reflist SmithDGRBM DEFAULTSORT Aristodemus Of Miletus Category Ancient Milesians Category ... Milet fr Aristod me de Milet la Aristodemus Milesius ja ... more details
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For others with the same name, see Aristodemus disambiguation Aristodemus , c. 550&ndash c. 490 BC also nicknamed Malakos , meaning voluptuous to touch , was a tyrant of Cumae . As a strategos , he defeated the Etruscans Etruscan armies in 524 BC and 506 BC in the War between Clusium and Aricia Battle of Aricia . He was a successful man of the people who overthrew the aristocratic faction, became a tyrant himself, and eventually was assassinated around 490 BC. Life He was of a distinguished family, and surnamed Malakos . As a strategos , he defeated the Etruscans Etruscan armies in 524 BC and 506 BC in the War between Clusium and Aricia Battle of Aricia . Aristodemus then made himself tyrant of Cumae, having gained the favour of the people, and having caused many of the nobles to be put to death or sent into exile. He secured his power by sur rounding himself with a strong bodyguard and by recruiting mercenaries. He removed the male descend ants of the exiled nobles from the town, com pelling them to perform servile labour in the coun tryside. Aristodemus was a major influence on the political and social life of the city. Slaves were freed and were given citizenship, the citizenship was disarmed and de politicized. ref name dionysius Dionysius of Halicarnassus , vii. p. 418, etc. Diodorus Siculus , Fragm. lib. vii. in the Excerpt, de Virt. et Vit. Suda , Aristodemos ref After the Battle of Lake Regillus c. 495 BC, Tarquinius Superbus took refuge at his court, and died there. ref Livy , ii. 21 ref Around 490 BC the exiled nobles and their sons, supported by Campanians and mercenaries, recovered the possession of Cumae, and took cruel vengeance on Aristodemus and his family. ref name dionysius Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aristodemus of Cumae ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aristodemus of Cumae Category 550 BC births Category 5th century BC deaths Category Ancient ... more details
of the double kingship main Eurysthenes After the death of Aristodemus the Spartans consulted the oracle ... of the reigns of the first nine kings of the Eurypontid line The untimely death of Aristodemus with other ... event to a Dorian Invasion available in legend, must coincide with the entry of Aristodemus and his ... publisher Barnes & Noble year 1995 origyear 1966 page 162 ref This must be the year of Aristodemus ... dynasty King of Sparta before Aristodemus? after Soos years c. 1104 c. 1062 B.C. End box Kings of Sparta ... more details
three Heraclid commanders, Temenus , Cresphontes and Aristodemus , the three sons of Aristomachus ..., Aristodemus received Sparta. There is a question as to whether he ever was actually in possession ... as kings under a regent. ref harvnb M ller 1830 loc Section I.5.11 ref Aristodemus was assassinated ... line The untimely death of Aristodemus with other events has served as some basis for dating ... coincide with the entry of Aristodemus and his brethren into Arcadia , which, based on the chronology ... 162 ref This must be the year of Aristodemus military activity in Arcadia, his fatherhood and his ... box title Kings of Sparta Agiad dynasty King of Sparta before Aristodemus ? after Agis I years ... more details
Myron of Priene was the author of an historical account of the First Messenian War , from the taking of Ampheia to the death of Aristodemus . The dates of his work cannot be ascertained accurately, but it belongs in all probability to the Alexandrine period, not earlier than the 3rd century BCE. According to Pausanias geographer Pausanias he was an author on whose accuracy very little reliance could be placed. For example, both Diodorus and Myron placed Aristomenes in the first Messenian war, which is not universally accepted as accurate. SmithDGRBM Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Myron Of Priene ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Myron Of Priene Category Messenian Wars Ancient Greece bio stub ca Mir de Priene es Mir n de Priene fr Myron de Pri ne ... more details
unreferenced date July 2008 Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Cumae partof campaign image caption date 474 BC place In the Bay of Naples casus Naval control in the Tyrrhenian Sea territory Loss of Etruscan territory in Italy to the Rome Romans , Samnites , and Gaul s result Victory for Syracuse and Cumae combatant1 Syracuse, Italy Syracuse BR Cumae combatant2 Etruscans commander1 commander2 strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 The Battle of Cumae was a naval battle in 474 BC between the combined navies of Syracuse, Italy Syracuse and Cumae and the Etruscans . Hiero I of Syracuse allied with Aristodemus of Cumae Aristodemus , the tyrant of Cumae, to defend against Etruscan expansion into southern Italy . In 474 they met and defeated the Etruscan fleet at Cumae in the Bay of Naples . After their defeat, the Etruscans lost much of their political influence in Italy. They lost control of the sea and their territories were eventually taken over by the Rome Romans , Samnites , and Gaul s. The Syracusans dedicated a captured Etruscan helmet at the great panhellenic sanctuary at Olympia, a piece of armour found in the German excavations there. The Etruscans would later join the failed Athens Athenian Sicilian Expedition expedition against Syracuse in 415 BC , which contributed even further to their decline. coord missing Greece Etruscans DEFAULTSORT Cumae Category 5th century BC conflicts Category Naval battles of ancient Greece Category Naval battles of the Etruscans Category Naval battles of Syracuse Category 474 BC Etruria stub AncientGreece battle stub bg de Schlacht von Kyme es Batalla de Cumas fr Bataille de Cumes it Battaglia di Cuma he pl Bitwa morska pod Kyme ru sh Bitka kod Kume ... more details
citations date March 2012 for the lost tragedy by Euripides, named for the son of this Cresphontes Merope mythology In Greek mythology , Cresphontes was a son of Aristomachus , husband of Merope mythology Merope , and brother of Temenus and Aristodemus . He was a great great grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus . He became king of Messene . Image KAranus.png thumb right 200px Cresephontes. Cresphontes and his brothers complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them the oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe . They received the answer that by the third fruit the third generation was meant, and that the narrow passage was not the isthmus of Corinth, Greece Corinth , but the straits of Rhium . They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus , but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning or shot by Apollo god Apollo and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heraclidae had slain an Acarnania n soothsayer. The oracle, being again consulted by Temenus, bade him offer an expiatory sacrifice and banish the murderer for ten years, and look out for a man with three eyes to act as guide. On his way back to Naupactus, Temenus fell in with Oxylus , an Aetolia n, who had lost one eye, riding on a horse or mule thus making up the three eyes and immediately pressed him into his service. The Heraclidae repaired their ships, sailed from Naupactus to Antirrhium , and thence to Rhium in Peloponnesus . A decisive, battle was fought with Tisamenus , son of Orestes mythology Orestes , the chief ruler in the peninsula, who was defeated and slain. The Heraclidae, who thus became practically masters of Peloponnesus, proceeded to distribute its territory among themselves by lot. Argos fell to Temenus , Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes , the twin sons of Aristodemus and Messene to Cresphontes. The fertile district of Elis ... more details
BC under the direction of Aristodemus of Cumae Aristodemus, called Malacus , a successful man of the people ... against Aristodemus, in De mulierum virturibus 26. ref Contact between the Romans and the Cumaeans is recorded during the reign of Aristodemus. Livy states that immediately prior to the Roman ... life in exile with Aristodemus at Cumae after the establishment of the Roman Republic . ref Livy, ii.21 Cicero , Tusculan Disputations iii.27. ref Also during the reign of Aristodemus, the Cumaean army ... World War II . Notes and references reflist 2 See also Aristodemus of Cumae Battle of Cumae Cumaean ... more details
In Greek mythology , Aristomachus Ancient Greek is a name that may refer to One of the sons of Talaus . He was the father of Hippomedon . ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1. 9. 13 & 3. 6. 3 ref One of the Heracleidae , a great grandson of Heracles . He led an attempt to capture Mycenae during the reign of Tisamenus , but, having misinterpreted the oracle, failed and fell in the battle. ref Bibliotheca 2. 8. 2 ref ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 7. 6 ref He was the father of Temenus , Cresphontes and Aristodemus . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 18. 7 ref ref Herodotus , Histories , 6. 52 ref One of the suitors of Hippodamia before Pelops , was killed by Oenomaus . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 6. 21. 11 ref References reflist Sources http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0316.html William Smith s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Aristomachus Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Heracleidae de Aristomachos Heraklide el es Arist maco ko it Aristomaco ja pl Aristomachus pt Arist maco ru sr fi Aristomakhos ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Arcadius of Antioch was a Greek grammarian who flourished in the 2nd century CE. According to the Suda , he wrote treatises on orthography and syntax , and an onomasticon vocabulary , described as a wonderful production . An epitome of the great work of Herodian on general Prosody linguistics prosody in twenty books, wrongly attributed to Arcadius, is probably the work of Theodosius of Alexandria grammarian Theodosius or a grammarian named Aristodemus. This epitome was the work of a forger of the 16th century. Though meager and carelessly assembled, it is valuable, since it preserves the order of the original and thus affords a trustworthy foundation for its reconstruction ref The most recent edition of the epitome is by Mauricius Schmidt Leipzig 1860 the previous one by E.H. Barker Leipzig 1820 . ref . References 1911 Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Arcadius of Antioch ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Arcadius Of Antioch Category Ancient Greek grammarians Category 2nd century writers Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown Ancient Greece writer stub MEast writer stub ca Arcadi d Antioquia hu Arkadiosz r ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Pantites died c. 480s BC was a Sparta n warrior, one of the Three Hundred sent to the Battle of Thermopylae . King Leonidas I ordered Pantites on an embassy to Thessaly , possibly to recruit allies for the coming battle. However, Pantites failed to return to Thermopylae in time for the battle, arriving after all of his fellow soldiers had been killed. When he returned to Sparta, he was shunned as a trembler and made an outcast. Unable to live with his disgrace, he hanged himself. Herodotus 7.232 See also Eurytus Aristodemus of Sparta Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pantites ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Ancient Spartan soldiers Category 5th century BC Greek people Category Battle of Thermopylae Category Suicides by hanging Category 480s BC deaths Category Military history of ancient Thessaly Category Ambassadors in Greek Antiquity Ancient Greece bio stub ca Pantites el es Pantites it Pantite ... more details
In Greek mythology , Autesion ref lang grc gen . . ref the son of Tisamenus disambiguation Tisamenus , the grandson of Thersander and Demonassa and the great grandson of Polynices and Argea was a king of Ancient Thebes Boeotia Thebes . He is called the father of Theras and Argia mythology Argeia , by the latter of whom Aristodemus became the father of Eurysthenes and Procles . Autesion was a native of Thebes, where he had succeeded his father as king, but at the command of an oracle he went to Peloponnesus and joined the Dorians . ref Apollod. ii. 8. 2 Paus. iii. 15. 4, 3. 3, ix. 5. 8 Herod. iv. 147, vi. 52 Strab. viii. p. 347 cited in Smith ref References SmithDGRBM page 446 Footnotes reflist s start s reg succession box before Tisamenus title Theban kings in Greek mythology Mythical King of Ancient Thebes Boeotia Thebes after years s end Theban Kings Category Greek mythology Category Mythological kings Category Theban kings Greek myth stub de Autesion el es Autesi n ru fi Autesion ... more details
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other uses Tisamenus or Tissamenus in Greek mythology , was a son of Orestes mythology Orestes and Hermione mythology Hermione . He succeeded his father to the thrones of Argos , Mycenae and Sparta and was later killed in the final battle with the Heracleidae . The latter were led by Aristodemus , Cresphontes , Oxylus , Temenus and sought to retake the Peloponnese as their ancestral land. Following his death the victors divided his lands among them. Cresphontes became King of Messene , Oxylus of Elis and Temenus of Argos. Aristodemus was killed during the final battle but his twin sons Eurysthenes and Procles jointly received the throne of Sparta. The historical Kings of Sparta belonged to the co ruling houses of Agidae and Eyripontae and claimed their respective descent from the brothers. s start s reg succession box title King of Argos before Orestes after Temenus years succession box title Kings of Sparta Mythical Kings Mythical Kings of Sparta before Orestes after Dion mythology Dion years ? ? s end Kings of Sparta A second Tisamenus is also the name of a king of Ancient Thebes Boeotia Thebes , son of Thersander and Demonassa , the daughter of Amphiaraus . When Thersander died on Mysia in the Trojan War , Peneleus acted as regent for Tisamenus until he came of age. Little is known about his rule. He was succeeded by his son Autesion . ref Pausanias. Description of Greece , 9.5.15. ref s start s reg succession box before Thersander title Theban kings in Greek mythology Mythical King of Ancient Thebes Boeotia Thebes after Autesion years s end Theban Kings third Tisamenus , the son of Antiochus , is mentioned in book 9 of Histories Herodotus The History by Herodotus . This Tisamenus was a soothsayer for the Greek army during the Greco Persian Wars Persian War . A Delphic oracle had foretold that he would win five great battles, and so the Sparta ns wished to hire him. Although he was from Velia Elea , he and his brother were made citizens of Sparta as p ... more details
Acrotatus died 262 BC was an Agiad King of Sparta from 265 to 262 BC. He was the son of Areus I , and grandson of Acrotatus I . He had unlawful intercourse with Chilonis , the young wife of Cleonymus of Sparta Cleonymus , uncle of his father Areus. It was this, together with the disappointment of not obtaining the throne, which led Cleonymus to invite Pyrrhus of Epirus Pyrrhus to Sparta in 272 BC. Areus was then absent in Crete , and the safety of Sparta was mainly owing to the valor of Acrotatus who successfully held off the Siege of Sparta . He succeeded his father in 265 BC, but was killed shortly thereafter possibly in the same year in battle against Aristodemus, tyrant of Megalopolis Aristodemus , the tyrant of Megalopolis, Greece Megalopolis . ref Citation last Smith first William author link William Smith lexicographer contribution Acrotatus 2 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 16 publisher place Boston, MA year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0025.html ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , in speaking of his death, calls him the son of Cleonymus, but he has mistaken him for his grandfather, mentioned above. ref Plutarch , Life of Pyrrhus 26 28 ref ref Agis , 3 ref ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , iii. 6. 3, viii. 27. 8, 30. 3 ref Areus and Acrotatus are accused by Phylarchus of having corrupted the simplicity of Spartan manners. ref Phylarchus , ap. Athen. iv. p. 142, b ref He was succeeded by his son Areus II . References reflist SmithDGRBM s start succession box title Kings of Sparta Agiad dynasty Agiad King of Sparta before Areus I after Areus II years 265&ndash 262 BC s end Kings of Sparta Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Acrotatus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Sparta DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Acrotatus Category 262 BC deaths Category Rulers of Sparta Category Ancient Sp ... more details
, Lysimachus , Asander , and Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy , among other measures, sent Aristodemus of Miletus Aristodemus into the Peloponnese to form a league of amity with Polyperchon and Alexander and the latter was persuaded by Aristodemus to pass over to Asia for a personal conference with Antigonus ... Elia , Greece Cyllene , which however was raised by Aristodemus and his Aetolia n auxiliaries. After the return of Aristodemus to Aetolia, the citizens of Dymi, Achaea Dyme , in Achaea Achaia , having ... more details
, both of which were equally unsuccessful. At last, Temenus , Cresphontes and Aristodemus , the sons ... built a fleet at Naupactus , but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning or shot ... sons of Aristodemus and Messene to Cresphontes. The fertile district of Elis had been reserved ... more details
, Aristodemus Spartan Aristodemus were stricken with eye infections and ordered to return home ... the battle blind and was slain. Aristodemus Spartan Aristodemus returned to Sparta disgraced, but redeemed ... more details
for other uses of this name Agesilaus disambiguation Agesilaus I ancient Greek Greek lang grc , son of Doryssus , was the sixth king of the Agiad line at Sparta , excluding Aristodemus . ref name DGRBM Citation last Clough first Arthur Hugh author link Arthur Hugh Clough contribution Agesilaus I editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 69 publisher Little, Brown and Company place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0078.html ref According to Apollodorus of Athens , reigned forty four years, and died in 886 BC. Pausanias geographer Pausanias makes his reign a short one, but contemporary with the legislation of Lycurgus. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece iii. 2. 3 ref ref Clinton, Fasti , i. p. 335 ref He was succeeded by his son Archelaus . His grandson was Teleclus . References reflist start box succession box title Kings of Sparta Agiad dynasty Agiad King of Sparta before Doryssus after Archelaus years end box Kings of Sparta SmithDGRBM Persondata NAME Agesilaus 01 ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Ruler of Sparta DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Agesilaus 01 Category Rulers of Sparta Category 886 BC deaths Category Ancient Spartans Ancient Greece bio stub euro noble stub ca Agesilau I de Agesilaos I. el es Agesilao I fr Ag silas Ier it Agesilao I nl Agesila s I van Sparta ja 1 pt Agesilau I ru I sk Ag silaos I. sh Agesilaj I ... more details
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