Amompharetos

Also known as: Amonpharetos · Family: Spartan · Role: commander of the Pitanate division · First appears: Book 9 · §46–53

Life events

• Amompharetos refused to agree to retreat and voted to remain and fight.(Book 9 · §54–61)
  • With: Euryanax Pausanias
  • “Amompharetos in his contention took a piece of rock in both his hands and placed it at the feet of Pausanias, saying that with this pebble he gave his vote not to fly from the strangers”
• Pausanias led the other troops away, and Amompharetos later followed with his division.(Book 9 · §54–61 · 📍 Kithairon)
  • With: Pausanias
  • “Pausanias, who had remained still throughout all this time, gave the signal, and led away all the rest over the low hills, supposing that Amonpharetos would not stay behind when the other Lacedemonians departed (in which he was in fact right)”
• Pausanias's force halted to await Amompharetos's division as Persian cavalry began attacking.(Book 9 · §54–61 · 📍 the river Moloeis)
  • With: Pausanias
  • “This, when it had got away about ten furlongs, stayed for the division of Amompharetos, halting at the river Moloeis and the place called Argiopion”
• Pausanias told the Athenians that the allied troops had deserted them during the night.(Book 9 · §54–61)
  • With: Pausanias
  • “we have been deserted by our allies, we Lacedemonians and ye Athenians, seeing that they have run away during the night that is past.”

Book 9 · §46–53

• parent: Poliades (Amompharetos is identified as Poliades' son.) “Amompharetos the son of Poliades, the commander of the Pitanate division, said that he would not flee from the strangers”

Book 9 · §54–61

• with Pausanias (Pausanias exhorted Amompharetos not to remain behind.) “for when Euryanax and Pausanias both exhorted Amompharetos not to run the risk of remaining behind with his men, alone of all the Lacedemonians, they did not at all persuade him”
• with Euryanax (Euryanax exhorted Amompharetos not to remain behind.) “for when Euryanax and Pausanias both exhorted Amompharetos not to run the risk of remaining behind with his men, alone of all the Lacedemonians, they did not at all persuade him”

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