Lysander (descendant of Lysander son of Aristocritus)

Also known as: Lysander · Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: political opponent of Leonidas · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 6

In Book 3, Chapter 6, Lysander—descended from Lysander son of Aristocritus—especially disliked Leonidas. He joined with Cleombrotus, Leonidas’s son-in-law, and brought charges against Leonidas; as a result, Leonidas was deposed and Cleombrotus became king.

Relationship record

Life events

• Lysander and Cleombrotus brought charges that deposed Leonidas, making Cleombrotus king.(Book 3 · Chapter 6)
  • With: Leonidas Cleombrotus (son-in-law of Leonidas)
  • “So Leonidas was deposed from the kingdom, and Cleombrotus reigned in his room.”

Book 3 · Chapter 6

• with Lysander (son of Aristocritus) (interaction) “Lysander, a descendant of Lysander the son of Aristocritus”
• with Leonidas (Lysander especially disliked Leonidas and brought charges against him.) “it so chanced that Lysander, a descendant of Lysander the son of Aristocritus, especially disliked Leonidas.”
• with Lysander (son of Aristocritus) (The first Lysander is a descendant of the second.) “Lysander, a descendant of Lysander the son of Aristocritus”
• enemies with Leonidas (Lysander opposed Leonidas politically.) “Lysander, a descendant of Lysander the son of Aristocritus, especially disliked Leonidas”
• with Cleombrotus (son-in-law of Leonidas) (Lysander enlisted Cleombrotus in his political action.) “He associated with himself Cleombrotus, the son in law of Leonidas, and having won him over brought against Leonidas various charges”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.