Teleutias

Family: Lacedaemonians · Role: naval commander · First appears: Book 4, section 4, part 2/2

At Corinth, Teleutias supported his brother Agesilaus with about twelve triremes, capturing the enemy’s ships and naval arsenal on the same day that Agesilaus took the walls by land. He later succeeded Herippidas in command of the fleet and dominated the gulf. In 390 B.C., sent to relieve Ecdicus, he captured Philocrates and the ten Athenian triremes sailing to aid Evagoras, then reached Rhodes with timely aid for the Lacedaemonian party.

At Aegina, Teleutias drove off the Athenian blockading squadron, though the fortress remained. When Hierax arrived, Teleutias handed over the naval force and sailed home; later the Lacedaemonians sent him back to command the squadron. He raided Piraeus at dawn, seizing trading vessels and crews, then sold his prizes at Aegina to pay his troops for a month.

In 382 B.C., the Lacedaemonians appointed Teleutias governor at Olynthus and furnished him with an army of ten thousand. He urged Amyntas to raise mercenaries and seek alliances, and sent to Derdas about the Olynthians’ growing power. During the summer campaign Teleutias claimed victory and a trophy was erected. He later ordered Tlemonidas to charge the assailants; at Olynthus, Teleutias fell fighting, and his troops fled in disorder.