Nicander
Family: Lacedæmonian · Role: king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 36
Nicander, king of the Lacedæmonians, led an invasion of Argolis, where the people of Asine joined the Lacedæmonians in ravaging Argive territory. He was the son of Charillus.
By Book 3, his son Theopompus had the greatest hand in the first war with the Messenians. In Book 6, Nicander was recorded as winning twice at Olympia in the double course and six times at Nemea for racing generally; his statue was by Daippus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Nicander led a Lacedæmonian invasion of Argolis.(Book 2 · Chapter 36 · 📍 Argolis)
- “when the Lacedæmonians under their king Nicander, the son of Charillus, the son of Polydectes, the son of Eunomus, the son of Prytanis, the son of Eurypon, invaded Argolis with an army”
- Nicander won two victories at Olympia and six at Nemea.(Book 6 · Chapter 16 · 📍 Olympia)
- “Nicander, who had two victories at Olympia in the double course, and six at Nemea for racing generally.”
Book 2 · Chapter 36
- parent: Charillus “And when the Lacedæmonians under their king Nicander, the son of Charillus, the son of Polydectes, the son of Eunomus, the son of Prytanis, the son of Eurypon, invaded Argolis with an army, the people of Asine joined them, and ravaged with them the territory of the Argives.”
Book 3 · Chapter 3
- child: Theopompus (Nicander is Theopompus's father.) “Theopompus the son of Nicander had the greatest hand in the first war with the Messenians”
Book 3 · Chapter 7
- parent: Charillus “And after the death of Charillus Nicander his son succeeded to the kingdom”
- child: Theopompus “And Theopompus the son of Nicander, who was king after his father”
Book 3 · Chapter 16
- child: Theopompus “the tombs of Theopompus the son of Nicander”
Book 4 · Chapter 4
- child: Theopompus “Theopompus, the son of Nicander, the son of Charillus, the son of Polydectes, the son of Eunomus, the son of Prytanis, the son of Eurypon”
- parent: Charillus “the son of Nicander, the son of Charillus”
Book 4 · Chapter 7
- child: Theopompus (Nicander is Theopompus's father.) “Theopompus the son of Nicander, and Polydorus the son of Alcamenes”
Book 6 · Chapter 16
- with Daippus (Daippus made Nicander's statue.) “the statue of the latter was by Daippus”
- with Daippus (Daippus made Nicander's statue.) “the statue of the latter was by Daippus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.