Stasippus

First appears: Book 6, section 5, part 1/4

At Tegea, Stasippus’s party fought the political faction led by Proxenus of Tegea, killing Proxenus and some others and putting the rest to flight. Stasippus’s side prevailed but did not pursue them, as he “did not care to stain his hands with the blood of his fellow-citizens.”

Later, Stasippus and his party took refuge in Artemis’s temple, but their opponents, with Callibius and the Mantineans, sentenced them to death and executed them. The Mantineans’ support for Proxenus and his friends was later disputed: some held it justified because Stasippus’s party had put them to death, while others objected to the armed force brought against the men of Tegea.

Relationship record

Life events

• A battle between the political factions left Proxenus and others dead, while Stasippus's party prevailed.(Book 6, section 5, part 1/4 · 📍 Tegea)
  • With: Callibius Proxenus of Tegea
  • “The result was a collision and battle, in which Proxenus and some few others with him were slain and the rest put to flight”
• Stasippus's opponents captured and executed him and his party after they took refuge in Artemis's temple.(Book 6, section 5, part 1/4 · 📍 Tegea)
  • With: Callibius
  • “Here with the Mantineans they sentenced and put them to death.”
• Proxenus and his friends were put to death by Stasippus's party.(Book 6, section 5, part 3/4 · 📍 Tegea)
  • With: Proxenus of Tegea
  • “the Mantineans were justified in supporting Proxenus and his friends, who were put to death by the party with Stasippus”

Book 6, section 5, part 1/4

• enemies with Proxenus of Tegea (They fought on opposing sides.) “At sight of this Stasippus and his friends on their side armed in opposition, and proved not inferior in numbers. The result was a collision and battle, in which Proxenus and some few others with him were slain and the rest put to flight; though the conquerors did not pursue, for Stasippus was a man who did not care to stain his hands with the blood of his fellow-citizens.”
• enemies with Callibius (They belonged to opposing Tegean political parties.) “The result was a collision and battle, in which Proxenus and some few others with him were slain and the rest put to flight; though the conquerors did not pursue, for Stasippus was a man who did not care to stain his hands with the blood of his fellow-citizens.”

Book 6, section 5, part 3/4

• with Proxenus of Tegea (Proxenus and his friends were put to death by the party associated with Stasippus.) “half the audience maintaining that the Mantineans were justified in supporting Proxenus and his friends, who were put to death by the party with Stasippus; the other half that they were wrong in bringing an armed force against the men of Tegea.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hellenica. Made with Rho MD.