Cleombrotus (son-in-law of Leonidas)
Also known as: Cleombrotus · Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: son-in-law of Leonidas · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 6
In Book 3, Chapter 6, Cleombrotus, son-in-law of Leonidas, joined Lysander (descendant of Lysander son of Aristocritus) and was won over to bring charges against Leonidas. Leonidas was deposed, and “Cleombrotus reigned in his room.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Lysander and Cleombrotus brought charges that deposed Leonidas, making Cleombrotus king.(Book 3 · Chapter 6)
- With: Leonidas Lysander (descendant of Lysander son of Aristocritus)
- “So Leonidas was deposed from the kingdom, and Cleombrotus reigned in his room.”
Book 3 · Chapter 6
- married with Leonidas “He associated with himself Cleombrotus, the son in law of Leonidas”
- with Leonidas (interaction) “having won him over brought against Leonidas various charges”
- with Lysander (descendant of Lysander son of Aristocritus) (Lysander enlisted Cleombrotus in his political action.) “He associated with himself Cleombrotus, the son in law of Leonidas, and having won him over brought against Leonidas various charges”
- rivals with Leonidas (Cleombrotus replaced Leonidas as king.) “So Leonidas was deposed from the kingdom, and Cleombrotus reigned in his room.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.