Polydorus (son of Alcamenes)

Also known as: Polydorus · Family: Lacedæmonian · Role: king · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 3

Life events

Polydorus succeeded Alcamenes as king after Alcamenes died.(Book 3 · Chapter 3)
- With: Alcamenes
- “And after the death of Alcamenes Polydorus his son succeeded to the kingdom”
Polemarchus murdered the highly regarded king Polydorus.(Book 3 · Chapter 3 · 📍 Lacedæmon)
- With: Polemarchus
- “he was murdered by Polemarchus a man of no mean family in Lacedæmon, but hotheaded, as indeed he shewed by this murder.”
The Lacedæmonians openly prepared a second campaign against the Messenians.(Book 4 · Chapter 7)
- With: Theopompus
- “And so they returned home: and a year afterwards, when the old man reviled them and taunted them with cowardice and disregard of their oath, they openly made preparations for a second campaign against the Messenians. And they were led by both their kings, Theopompus the son of Nicander, and Polydorus the son of Alcamenes”
Both sides agree to bury their dead and immediately begin the burials.(Book 4 · Chapter 8)
- With: Euphaes Euryleon Cleonnis
- “And on the following day neither party were minded to renew the battle nor to erect a trophy of victory, but as the day wore on they sent out heralds to treat of the burying of their dead, and as this was agreed to on both sides, they began to bury their dead immediately.”

parent: Alcamenes (Alcamenes is Polydorus's father.) “And after the death of Alcamenes Polydorus his son succeeded to the kingdom”
with Polemarchus (Polemarchus murdered Polydorus.) “he was murdered by Polemarchus a man of no mean family in Lacedæmon, but hotheaded, as indeed he shewed by this murder.”
child: Eurycrates (son of Polydorus) (Polydorus is Eurycrates's father.) “During the reign of Eurycrates the son of Polydorus”

parent: Alcamenes (Alcamenes is Polydorus's father.) “Theopompus the son of Nicander, and Polydorus the son of Alcamenes”
enemies with Pytharatus (Polydorus and Pytharatus commanded opposing wings.) “And opposite the right wing of the Lacedæmonians were the Messenians under Antander and Euphaes, and on the wing opposite Polydorus under Pytharatus, and in the centre under Cleonnis”
with Theopompus (Theopompus and Polydorus were co-kings.) “And they were led by both their kings, Theopompus the son of Nicander, and Polydorus the son of Alcamenes”

enemies with Euphaes “For Euphaes and his staff thought it better to come to the aid of their vanquished friends: nor did they engage with Polydorus and his troops:”

child: Eurycrates (son of Polydorus) “the kings then at Sparta were Anaxander the son of Eurycrates the son of Polydorus”

Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.