Sparta — Minor Figures
17 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Eurybiades
admiral of the Greek fleet · first appears Themistocles
- Themistocles · with Themistocles “Themistocles, perceiving the danger of this contest, yielded his own command to Eurybiades”
- Aristides · with Aristides “he entreated him to persuade Eurybiades and show him how it was impossible they should save themselves without an engagement”
Mindarus
admiral · first appears Alcibiades
- Alcibiades · enemies with Alcibiades “Mindarus and Pharnabazus, coming to their succor, were utterly defeated”
Evalcus
commander · first appears Pyrrhus
- Pyrrhus · enemies with Pyrrhus “Pyrrhus, running him through with his spear”
Gorgoleon
leader · first appears Pelopidas
- Pelopidas · enemies with Pelopidas “The Spartan captains that engaged Pelopidas were first killed”
Antiorus
son of Lycurgus · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · parent: Lycurgus “He left an only son, Antiorus”
Arthmiadas
trusted associate of Lycurgus · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · with Lycurgus “the name of him whom Lycurgus most confided in, and who was of most use to him, both in making his laws and putting them in execution, was Arthmiadas.”
- Lycurgus · with Lycurgus “the name of him whom Lycurgus most confided in, and who was of most use to him, both in making his laws and putting them in execution, was Arthmiadas.”
Dionassa
wife of Eunomus · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · child: Lycurgus “Polydectes by his first wife Lycurgus by Dionassa his second.”
Polydectes
king · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · parent: Eunomus “all the rest deduce the genealogy of them both as follows:-- Aristodemus Patrocles Sous Eurypon Eunomus ------------------------------------------ Polydectes by his first wife Lycurgus by Dionassa his second.”
- Lycurgus · siblings with Lycurgus “Polydectes by his first wife Lycurgus by Dionassa his second.”
Prytanis
king · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · child: Lycurgus “The poet Simonides will have it that Lycurgus was the son of Prytanis, and not of Eunomus;”
Gorgo
queen · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · married with Leonidas “Gorgo, for example, the wife of Leonidas”
Aristocrates
historian · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · parent: Hipparchus “the single credit of the Spartan Aristocrates, the son of Hipparchus.”
Astyochus
admiral · first appears Alcibiades
- Alcibiades · with Phrynichus “Astyochus repeated his treachery, and revealed also this proposal to Alcibiades”
Eurypon
king · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · parent: Sous “all the rest deduce the genealogy of them both as follows:-- Aristodemus Patrocles Sous Eurypon Eunomus ------------------------------------------ Polydectes by his first wife Lycurgus by Dionassa his second.”
- Lycurgus · child: Eunomus “all the rest deduce the genealogy of them both as follows:-- Aristodemus Patrocles Sous Eurypon Eunomus ------------------------------------------ Polydectes by his first wife Lycurgus by Dionassa his second.”
Sous
king · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · parent: Patrocles “all the rest deduce the genealogy of them both as follows:-- Aristodemus Patrocles Sous Eurypon Eunomus ------------------------------------------ Polydectes by his first wife Lycurgus by Dionassa his second.”
- Lycurgus · child: Eurypon “all the rest deduce the genealogy of them both as follows:-- Aristodemus Patrocles Sous Eurypon Eunomus ------------------------------------------ Polydectes by his first wife Lycurgus by Dionassa his second.”
Archidamidas
Spartan citizen · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · with Hecataeus “When one blamed Hecataeus the sophist because that, being invited to the public table, he had not spoken one word all supper-time, Archidamidas answered in his vindication, ”
Brasidas
commander · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · parent: Argileonis “Argileonis, asking some who came from Amphipolis if her son Brasidas died courageously and as became a Spartan”
Argileonis
mother of Brasidas · first appears Lycurgus
- Lycurgus · child: Brasidas “Argileonis, asking some who came from Amphipolis if her son Brasidas died courageously and as became a Spartan”
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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.