Pleistarchus
Pleistarchus | |
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King of Sparta | |
Reign | 480–459 BC |
Predecessor | Leonidas I |
Successor | Pleistoanax |
Died | c. 458 BC |
Father | Leonidas I[1] |
Mother | Gorgo |
Pleistarchus (Greek: Πλείσταρχος Pleistarchos; died c. 458 BC) was the Agiad King of Sparta from 480 to 458 BC.[2]
Biography
Pleistarchus was born as a prince, likely the only son of King Leonidas I and Queen Gorgo. His grandparents were Kings Anaxandridas II and Cleomenes I.[3] He was born from an avunculate marriage – his parents were uncle and niece.[4] His uncle Cleombrotus was his tutor.[5]
Pleistarchus' father King Leonidas perished in 480 BC at the Battle of Thermopylae. For the early part of Pleistarchus's reign, his uncle Cleombrotus acted as regent; after Cleombrotus's death in 479 BC, Pleistarchus's cousin Pausanias was regent.[6]
It is unknown whether Pleistarchus was married. He died without an heir, and was succeeded by Pleistoanax, son of Pausanias.[7]
He had no known surviving relatives after his death, marking the end of his bloodline.
Notes
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Pleistarchus 1.
- ^ Jona Lendering (2006-03-31). "Eurypontids and Agiads". Livius.org. Archived from the original on 2005-11-18. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ Herodotus; Histories, A. D. Godley (translator), Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1920; ISBN 0-674-99133-8. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ "Gorgo of Sparta". Ancienthistory.about.com. 2011-07-07. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ Herodotus, The Greek-Persian War (Osiris, Budapest, 2000) ISBN 963-379-309-2
- ^ The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
- ^ Bradford, Alfred S. (2011). Leonidas and the Kings of Sparta. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-313-38598-8.
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Preceded by | Agiad King of Sparta 480–458 BC | Succeeded by |
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- Aristodemus
- Theras (regent)
Agiad dynasty
- Eurysthenes
- Agis I
- Echestratus
- Labotas
- Doryssus
- Agesilaus I
- Archelaus
- Teleclus
- Alcmenes
- Polydorus
- Eurycrates
- Anaxander
- Eurycratides
- Leon
- Anaxandridas II
- Cleomenes I
- Leonidas I
- Cleombrotus (regent)
- Pausanias (regent)
- Pleistarchus
- Nicomedes (regent)
- Pleistoanax
- Pausanias
- Agesipolis I
- Cleombrotus I
- Agesipolis II
- Cleomenes II
- Cleonymus (regent)
- Areus I
- Acrotatus
- Areus II
- Leonidas II
- Cleombrotus II
- Cleomenes III
- Eucleidas
- Agesipolis III
Eurypontid dynasty
- Procles
- Soos
- Eurypon
- Prytanis
- Polydectes
- Eunomus
- Charilaus
- Nicander
- Theopompus
- Anaxandridas I
- Zeuxidamus
- Anaxidamus
- Archidamus I
- Anaxilas
- Leotychidas I
- Hippocratidas
- Agasicles
- Ariston
- Demaratus
- Leotychidas II
- Archidamus II
- Agis II
- Agesilaus II
- Archidamus III
- Agis III
- Eudamidas I
- Archidamus IV
- Eudamidas II
- Agis IV
- Eudamidas III
- Archidamus V
- Lycurgus
- Pelops
- Machanidas (regent)
- Nabis
- Laconicus