Epitadas
Family: Lacedaemonians · Role: commander · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 1
At Sphacteria, Epitadas, son of Molobrus, commanded a Spartan garrison of 420 heavy infantry with their Helot attendants. He was killed on the island; Hippagretas, the next in command, was left for dead among the slain, and command devolved upon Styphon according to the law.
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Life events
- Epitadas commanded a Spartan garrison of 420 heavy infantry stationed on Sphacteria.(Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 1 · 📍 Sphacteria)
- With: Molobrus
- “Some others had crossed over before in relief parties, but these last who were left there were four hundred and twenty in number, with their Helot attendants, commanded by Epitadas, son of Molobrus.”
- Epitadas was killed, leaving command to devolve upon Styphon.(Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 6 · 📍 the island)
- “since Epitadas, the first of the previous commanders, had been killed, and Hippagretas, the next in command, left for dead among the slain, though still alive, and thus the command had devolved upon Styphon according to the law, in case of anything happening to his superiors.”
Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 1
- parent: Molobrus “commanded by Epitadas, son of Molobrus.”
Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 6
- with Styphon (Styphon succeeded Epitadas in command after Epitadas was killed.) “Epitadas, the first of the previous commanders, had been killed, and Hippagretas, the next in command, left for dead among the slain, though still alive, and thus the command had devolved upon Styphon according to the law, in case of anything happening to his superiors.”
- with Hippagretas (Hippagretas was next in command after Epitadas.) “Hostilities now ceased, and a parley was held between Cleon and Demosthenes and Styphon, son of Pharax, on the other side; since Epitadas, the first of the previous commanders, had been killed, and Hippagretas, the next in command, left for dead among the slain, though still alive, and thus the command had devolved upon Styphon according to the law, in case of anything happening to his superiors.”
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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.