The Peloponnesian War

Tellis

Family: Lacedaemonians · Role: father of Brasidas · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 6 · Part 5

Tellis is named as the father of Brasidas, a Spartan who commanded a guard for the defence of the district. After the Lesbian expedition failed, Brasidas arrived at Cyllene as counsellor to Alcidas.

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Life events

  • Brasidas arrived as Alcidas’s counsellor after the Lesbian expedition failed.(Book 3 · Chapter 10 · Part 4 · 📍 Cyllene)
    • With: Brasidas Alcidas
    • “with Brasidas, son of Tellis, lately arrived as counsellor to Alcidas”

Book 2 · Chapter 6 · Part 5

  • child: Brasidas “Brasidas, son of Tellis, a Spartan, was in command of a guard for the defence of the district.”

Book 3 · Chapter 10 · Part 4

  • child: Brasidas “with Brasidas, son of Tellis, lately arrived as counsellor to Alcidas;”

Book 4 · Chapter 13 · Part 4

  • child: Brasidas “the Lacedaemonian Brasidas, son of Tellis”

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