Aristocritus
Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: father of Lysander · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 6
By Book 3, Chapter 6, Aristocritus is identified as the father of Lysander. In Book 3, Chapter 8, Lysander is again named as his son in an account of the violation of the oaths sworn by the Lacedæmonians and Athenians. By Book 6, Chapter 3, Lysander is credited with conferring “Immortal fame” on his country and Aristocritus.
Relationship record
Book 3 · Chapter 6
- child: Lysander (son of Aristocritus) “Lysander the son of Aristocritus”
Book 3 · Chapter 8
- child: Lysander “Lysander the son of Aristocritus and Agis violated the solemn oaths which the Lacedæmonians and Athenians had mutually sworn to observe”
Book 5 · Chapter 6
- child: Lysander “for when Cyrus was at Sardis he gave Lysander, the son of Aristocritus, and the Lacedæmonians some money for their fleet.”
Book 6 · Chapter 3
- child: Lysander “the Spartan Lysander the son of Aristocritus.”
- with Lysander (The inscription praises Lysander as bringing fame to his father Aristocritus.) “Immortal fame, Lysander, on your country and Aristocritus did you confer by your splendid merit.”
Book 10 · Chapter 9
- child: Lysander “Poseidon crowning Lysander the son of Aristocritus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.