Demaratus
Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: king · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 4
Demaratus, son of Aristo, was born seven months after his father’s marriage. While king at Sparta, he was in good repute and cooperated with Cleomenes (son of Anaxandrides) in freeing the Athenians from the Pisistratidæ.
After Cleomenes (son of Anaxandrides) returned from Ægina, he engineered Demaratus’s deposition and promoted Leotychides as a rival claimant. Aristo’s earlier remark that Demaratus was not his son was also invoked; the account says that “this thoughtless word of Aristo, and the hatred of Cleomenes deprived him of the kingdom.” Demaratus went to Persia and joined King Darius. Later, Leotychides became king after him.
Relationship record
Life events
- Cleomenes engineers Demaratus’s deposition and promotes Leotychides as a rival claimant.(Book 3 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Delphi)
- With: Cleomenes (son of Anaxandrides) Leotychides
- “Demaratus therefore was deposed from his kingdom by the hatred of Cleomenes and not on just grounds.”
- Demaratus was born seven months after Aristo's marriage.(Book 3 · Chapter 7)
- With: Aristo
- “And Aristo the son of Agesicles having married a girl who they say was the most shameless of all the girls in Lacedæmon, but in appearance the most beautiful girl next to Helen, had by her a son Demaratus seven months after marriage.”
- Aristo's remark and Cleomenes' hatred deprived Demaratus of the Spartan kingdom.(Book 3 · Chapter 7 · 📍 Sparta)
- With: Aristo Cleomenes (son of Leonidas)
- “And when Demaratus was king and in other respects in good repute at Sparta, and had cooperated with Cleomenes in freeing the Athenians from the Pisistratidæ, this thoughtless word of Aristo, and the hatred of Cleomenes deprived him of the kingdom.”
- Demaratus went into exile in Persia and joined King Darius.(Book 3 · Chapter 7 · 📍 Persia)
- With: Darius
- “And he went to Persia to king Darius, and they say his descendants continued for a long time in Asia.”
- Leotychides became king after Demaratus.(Book 4 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Lacedæmon)
- With: Leotychides Aristo
- “And Leotychides clearly was king after Demaratus the son of Aristo, and Aristo was seventh descendant from Theopompus.”
Book 3 · Chapter 4
- enemies with Cleomenes (son of Anaxandrides) “Demaratus therefore was deposed from his kingdom by the hatred of Cleomenes and not on just grounds.”
- rivals with Leotychides “and also instigated Leotychides, one of the royal house and same family as Demaratus, to be a rival claimant for the kingdom.”
- with Aristo (interaction) “And Leotychides caught at some words, which Aristo formerly had foolishly thrown out against Demaratus at his birth, saying that he was not his son.”
Book 3 · Chapter 6
- parent: Aristo “like Demaratus the son of Aristo”
Book 3 · Chapter 7
- parent: Aristo “had by her a son Demaratus seven months after marriage”
- with Cleomenes (son of Anaxandrides) (They cooperated in freeing the Athenians.) “when Demaratus was king and in other respects in good repute at Sparta, and had cooperated with Cleomenes in freeing the Athenians from the Pisistratidæ”
- with Cleomenes (son of Anaxandrides) (Cleomenes's hatred contributed to Demaratus losing the kingdom.) “this thoughtless word of Aristo, and the hatred of Cleomenes deprived him of the kingdom”
- with Darius (Demaratus went into exile to Darius's realm.) “And he went to Persia to king Darius”
Book 3 · Chapter 8
- parent: Aristo “The hastiness of speech of Aristo about the legitimacy of his son Demaratus”
Book 4 · Chapter 15
- parent: Aristo “And Leotychides clearly was king after Demaratus the son of Aristo”
- with Leotychides (Leotychides succeeded Demaratus as king.) “And Leotychides clearly was king after Demaratus the son of Aristo”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.