Proxenus of Tegea

First appears: Book 6, section 5, part 1/4

At Tegea, Proxenus was allied with Callibius in seeking a confederacy of the Arcadian population, with decisions of its common assembly binding the individual states. He and Stasippus’s opposing party fought a battle in which Proxenus and some of his companions were killed and the rest put to flight, while Stasippus’s party prevailed.

Later, debate over the Mantineans’ support for Proxenus and his friends recalled that they “were put to death by the party with Stasippus.”

Relationship record

Life events

• A battle between the political factions left Proxenus and others dead, while Stasippus's party prevailed.(Book 6, section 5, part 1/4 · 📍 Tegea)
  • With: Callibius Stasippus
  • “The result was a collision and battle, in which Proxenus and some few others with him were slain and the rest put to flight”
• Proxenus and his friends were put to death by Stasippus's party.(Book 6, section 5, part 3/4 · 📍 Tegea)
  • With: Stasippus
  • “the Mantineans were justified in supporting Proxenus and his friends, who were put to death by the party with Stasippus”

Book 6, section 5, part 1/4

• with Callibius (Political allies in the same party.) “The one was the party of Callibius and Proxenus, who were for drawing together the whole Arcadian population in a confederacy, in which all measures carried in the common assembly should be held valid for the individual component states.”
• enemies with Stasippus (They fought on opposing sides.) “At sight of this Stasippus and his friends on their side armed in opposition, and proved not inferior in numbers. The result was a collision and battle, in which Proxenus and some few others with him were slain and the rest put to flight; though the conquerors did not pursue, for Stasippus was a man who did not care to stain his hands with the blood of his fellow-citizens.”

Book 6, section 5, part 3/4

• with Stasippus (Proxenus and his friends were put to death by the party associated with Stasippus.) “half the audience maintaining that the Mantineans were justified in supporting Proxenus and his friends, who were put to death by the party with Stasippus; the other half that they were wrong in bringing an armed force against the men of Tegea.”

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