Sperthias (son of Aneristos)

Family: Spartan · Role: son of Aneristos · First appears: Book 7 · §129–136

Life events

• Sperthias and Bulis volunteered to pay Xerxes for the heralds killed at Sparta.(Book 7 · §129–136 · 📍 Sparta)
  • With: Aneristos (father of Sperthias) Bulis Nicolaos (father of Bulis)
  • “at length Sperthias the son of Aneristos and Bulis the son of Nicolaos, Spartans of noble birth and in wealth attaining to the first rank, voluntarily submitted to pay the penalty to Xerxes for the heralds of Dareios which had perished at Sparta.”
• The Spartans sent Sperthias and Bulis to the Medes to be put to death.(Book 7 · §129–136 · 📍 Sparta)
  • With: Aneristos (father of Sperthias) Bulis Nicolaos (father of Bulis) Xerxes
  • “Thus the Spartans sent these to the Medes to be put to death.”
• Sperthias and Bulis refused to obeisance to Xerxes, despite the guards’ attempts to compel them.(Book 7 · §129–136 · 📍 Susa)
  • With: Aneristos (father of Sperthias) Bulis Nicolaos (father of Bulis)
  • “first when the spearmen of the guard commanded them and endeavoured to compel them by force to do obeisance to the king by falling down before him, they said that they would not do any such deed, though they should be pushed down by them head foremost”
• Sperthias and Bulis told Xerxes they had come to pay for the heralds’ deaths; Xerxes refused to kill them.(Book 7 · §129–136 · 📍 Susa)
  • With: Aneristos (father of Sperthias) Bulis Nicolaos (father of Bulis) Xerxes
  • “When they said this, Xerxes moved by a spirit of magnanimity replied that he would not be like the Lacedemonians; for they had violated the rules which prevailed among all men by slaying heralds, but he would not do that himself which he blamed them for having done, nor would he free the Lacedemonians from their guilt by slaying these in return.”

Book 7 · §129–136

• parent: Aneristos (father of Sperthias) “Sperthias the son of Aneristos and Bulis the son of Nicolaos, Spartans of noble birth and in wealth attaining to the first rank, voluntarily submitted to pay the penalty to Xerxes for the heralds of Dareios which had perished at Sparta.”
• with Aneristos (father of Sperthias) (Sperthias is the son of Aneristos.) “at length Sperthias the son of Aneristos and Bulis the son of Nicolaos, Spartans of noble birth and in wealth attaining to the first rank, voluntarily submitted to pay the penalty to Xerxes for the heralds of Dareios which had perished at Sparta.”
• with Hydarnes (Hydarnes hosted Sperthias and Bulis while they were on their way to Susa.) “and he offered them hospitality and entertained them; and while they were his guests he asked them as follows:”
• with Bulis (They jointly volunteered to go to the Persians.) “at length Sperthias the son of Aneristos and Bulis the son of Nicolaos, Spartans of noble birth and in wealth attaining to the first rank, voluntarily submitted to pay the penalty to Xerxes for the heralds of Dareios which had perished at Sparta.”
• with Xerxes (Sperthias was sent to Xerxes to pay the penalty for the slain heralds.) “Thus the Spartans sent these to the Medes to be put to death.”

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