Leon, founder of Heraclea

Also known as: Leon · Family: Lacedaemonians · Role: founder of Heraclea · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 11 · Part 1

About this time, Leon, Alcidas and Damagon led the Lacedaemonian founding of Heraclea and fortified the settlement. As governors, they ruled harshly and sometimes unfairly, driving away most of the inhabitants and weakening the colony.

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Life events

• The Lacedaemonians founded Heraclea and fortified the settlement.(Book 3 · Chapter 11 · Part 1 · 📍 Heraclea)
  • With: Alcidas Damagon
  • “The settlement effected, they fortified anew the city, now called Heraclea”
• Lacedaemonian governors' harsh and unfair rule drove away most inhabitants and weakened the colony.(Book 3 · Chapter 11 · Part 1 · 📍 Heraclea)
  • With: Alcidas Damagon
  • “as they frightened away the greater part of the inhabitants by governing harshly and in some cases not fairly, and thus made it easier for their neighbours to prevail against them.”

Book 3 · Chapter 11 · Part 1

• with Alcidas (Both are named among the founders of the colony.) “three Lacedaemonians leading as founders of the colony, Leon, Alcidas, and Damagon”
• with Damagon (Both are named among the founders of the colony.) “three Lacedaemonians leading as founders of the colony, Leon, Alcidas, and Damagon”

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.