Cleonymus (son of Cleomenes)

Also known as: Cleonymus · Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: prince · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 13

Cleonymus was the younger son of Cleomenes and the brother of Acrotatus. When succession was disputed between him and Areus, son of Acrotatus, Cleonymus summoned Pyrrhus to support his claim to the Spartan kingship.

In Book 3, Chapter 6, the Senate awarded the hereditary kingship to Areus rather than Cleonymus. Rejected, Cleonymus invited Pyrrhus to intervene against his country.

Relationship record

Life events

• Cleonymus summoned Pyrrhus to support his claim to the Spartan kingship.(Book 1 · Chapter 13)
  • With: Pyrrhus (son of Æacides)
  • “And Cleonymus, determined to get the kingdom whether or no, called in Pyrrhus into the country.”
• The Senate awarded the hereditary kingship to Areus instead of Cleonymus.(Book 3 · Chapter 6)
  • With: Areus (son of Acrotatus)
  • “The Senate decided that to Areus the son of Acrotatus and not to Cleonymus belonged the hereditary office.”
• Rejected from the kingdom, Cleonymus invited Pyrrhus to intervene against his country.(Book 3 · Chapter 6)
  • With: Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) Æacus
  • “But in spite of this he eventually injured his country in various ways, and even went so far as to invite in Pyrrhus the grandson of Æacus.”

Book 1 · Chapter 13

• with Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) (interaction) “Now this Cleonymus, who had persuaded Pyrrhus to leave Macedonia and come to the Peloponnese”
• parent: Cleomenes (father) “And he had two sons, the elder Acrotatus and the younger Cleonymus.”
• siblings with Acrotatus (son of Cleomenes) “And he had two sons, the elder Acrotatus and the younger Cleonymus.”
• younger kin: Areus (son of Acrotatus) “there was a dispute who should be king between Acrotatus’ son, Areus, and Cleonymus.”
• rivals with Areus (son of Acrotatus) “there was a dispute who should be king between Acrotatus’ son, Areus, and Cleonymus.”

Book 3 · Chapter 6

• parent: Cleomenes (father) “between Cleonymus the son of Cleomenes and Areus the son of Acrotatus”
• rivals with Areus (son of Acrotatus) “there was a dispute who should be king between Cleonymus the son of Cleomenes and Areus the son of Acrotatus.”

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