Lysistratus
Family: Argive · Role: warrior · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 36
At Asine in Book 2, Chapter 36, Lysistratus was slain while the Argives attacked the city; the defenders killed several of their most valiant, including him. He was buried near the temple of Apollo, which was left standing.
In Book 3, Chapter 8, Agis left Lysistratus with part of his force and the refugees from Elis, to join the men of Lepreum in ravaging the district. Later, in Book 4, Chapter 19, Aristomenes attacked the Corinthians’ camp by night and killed most of the sleeping soldiers, including Lysistratus and the other named leaders.
Relationship record
Life events
- Lysistratus was slain while the Argives attacked Asine.(Book 2 · Chapter 36 · 📍 Asine)
- “the people of Asine defended their walls, and slew several of the most valiant of the Argives and among them Lysistratus”
- Aristomenes attacked the Corinthians’ camp and killed most soldiers, including their leaders.(Book 4 · Chapter 19)
- With: Aristomenes Hypermenides Achladæus Sidectus
- “Aristomenes, learning from his scouts that they were marching rather carelessly, and that their camps were negligently made up, attacked them by night, and as they were asleep slew most of them, and among others their leaders Hypermenides, and Achladæus, and Lysistratus, and Sidectus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 36
- with Apollo (Lysistratus was buried near Apollo's temple.) “but they left the temple of Apollo standing, and it is now to be seen, and they buried Lysistratus near it.”
Book 3 · Chapter 8
- with Agis (son of Archidamus) (Agis left Lysistratus in command of part of his force.) “And when Agis led his army home again, he left Lysistratus the Spartan with a portion of his force, and the refugees from Elis, to cooperate with the men of Lepreum in ravaging the district.”
Book 4 · Chapter 19
- enemies with Aristomenes “attacked them by night, and as they were asleep slew most of them, and among others their leaders Hypermenides, and Achladæus, and Lysistratus, and Sidectus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.