Lacedæmonians — Minor Figures
8 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Epicyridas
soldier · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 9
- Book 10 · Chapter 9 · with Patrocles “All these are they say by Patrocles and Canachus”
- Book 10 · Chapter 9 · with Canachus “All these are they say by Patrocles and Canachus”
Agis (son of Archidamus son of Agesilaus)
son of Archidamus son of Agesilaus · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 10
- Book 3 · Chapter 10 · parent: Archidamus (son of Agesilaus) “And Agis, the elder son of this Archidamus, met his death fighting against the Macedonians and Antipater.”
- Book 3 · Chapter 10 · enemies with Antipater (Macedonian statesman) “And Agis, the elder son of this Archidamus, met his death fighting against the Macedonians and Antipater.”
Aracus the Lacedæmonian
soldier · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 9
- Book 10 · Chapter 9 · with Tisander “All these were by Tisander”
Areus the son of Acrotatus
king · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 12
- Book 6 · Chapter 12 · parent: Acrotatus (son of Cleomenes) “Areus, the son of Acrotatus, king of the Lacedæmonians”
Dinichas
wife of Archidamus · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 10
- Book 3 · Chapter 10 · married with Archidamus (son of Agesilaus) “And Theopompus, the son of Damasistratus, said that Archidamus also had a share of the money at Delphi, and that also Dinichas, his wife, had received a bribe from the authorities of the Phocians, and that all this made Archidamus more willing to bring the Phocians aid.”
Pleistoanax
son of Pausanias · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 13
- Book 1 · Chapter 13 · parent: Pausanias (Plataea) “Pausanias that led the Greeks at Platæa had a son Pleistoanax”
- Book 1 · Chapter 13 · child: Pausanias (son of Plistoanax) “and he a son Pausanias”
Agesipolis (predecessor of Cleombrotus)
king · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 6
- Book 3 · Chapter 6 · with Cleombrotus (successor of Agesipolis) “And Agesipolis having died childless, the succession devolved upon Cleombrotus”
Areus (son of Acrotatus, grandson of Areus)
young son of Acrotatus and grandson of Areus · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 6
- Book 3 · Chapter 6 · parent: Acrotatus (son of Areus) “And Areus had a son Acrotatus, and he had a son Areus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.