Pleistarchos

Family: Spartan · Role: boy and heir · First appears: Book 9 · §1–10

Life events

• The Spartans sent out an army under Pausanias, guardian of the boy Pleistarchos.(Book 9 · §1–10 · 📍 Lacedemon)
  • With: Pausanias Cleombrotos Leonidas
  • “while yet it was night they sent out five thousand Spartans, with no less than seven of the Helots set to attend upon each man of them, appointing Pausanias the son of Cleombrotos to lead them forth. Now the leadership belonged to Pleistarchos the son of Leonidas; but he was yet a boy, and the other was his guardian and cousin”

Book 9 · §1–10

• guardian: Pausanias (Pausanias was Pleistarchos's guardian.) “but he was yet a boy, and the other was his guardian and cousin”
• cousins with Pausanias (They were cousins.) “but he was yet a boy, and the other was his guardian and cousin”
• parent: Leonidas (Leonidas was Pleistarchos's father.) “Pleistarchos the son of Leonidas”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.