Tantalus

Family: Lacedaemonians · Role: commander · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 13 · Part 2

Life events

• Tantalus, the Lacedaemonian commander, was wounded and captured by the Athenians.(Book 4 · Chapter 13 · Part 2 · 📍 Thyrea)
  • “with Tantalus, son of Patrocles, their Lacedaemonian commander, who had been wounded and taken prisoner.”
• The Athenians decided that Tantalus would share the imprisonment of the Lacedaemonians captured on the island.(Book 4 · Chapter 13 · Part 2 · 📍 Athens)
  • “and Tantalus to share the imprisonment of the Lacedaemonians taken on the island.”

Book 4 · Chapter 13 · Part 2

• parent: Patrocles “the Aeginetans who were not slain in action they took with them to Athens, with Tantalus, son of Patrocles, their Lacedaemonian commander, who had been wounded and taken prisoner.”

Also listed in Lacedaemonian — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.