Herodotus' Histories

Othryades

Family: Spartan · Role: warrior · First appears: Book 1 · §78–83

Life events

  • Only Alkenor, Chromios, and Othryades remained alive from the 600 combatants.(Book 1 · §78–83 · 📍 Thyrea)
    • With: Alkenor Chromios
    • “there were left at last of six hundred men three, on the side of the Argives Alkenor and Chromios, and on the side of the Lacedemonians Othryades: these were left alive when night came on.”
  • The Lacedemonians defeated the Argives after the two sides resumed fighting.(Book 1 · §78–83 · 📍 Thyrea)
    • With: Alkenor Chromios
    • “and after many had fallen on both sides, the Lacedemonians were the victors.”
  • Othryades killed himself, ashamed to return to Sparta after his comrades were slain.(Book 1 · §78–83 · 📍 Thyrea)
    • “the one man who was left alive of the three hundred, namely Othryades, being ashamed to to Sparta when all his comrades had been slain, slew himself there in Thyrea.”

Book 1 · §78–83

  • enemies with Alkenor “So they fought and proved themselves to be equally matched; and there were left at last of six hundred men three, on the side of the Argives Alkenor and Chromios, and on the side of the Lacedemonians Othryades: these were left alive when night came on.”
  • enemies with Chromios “So they fought and proved themselves to be equally matched; and there were left at last of six hundred men three, on the side of the Argives Alkenor and Chromios, and on the side of the Lacedemonians Othryades: these were left alive when night came on.”

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