Pleistoanax

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Pleistoanax was a 5th-century BC king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty, known for his controversial peace-oriented policies during the Peloponnesian conflicts and periods of exile from Sparta.

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Pleistoanax canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Sparta
ancient Greek person
human
accusation alleged bribery by Athenians
areaOfInfluence Peloponnese
citizenship Sparta
conflict First Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian conflicts between Sparta and Athens
coRuler Agis II
Archidamus II
country Sparta
deathPlace Sparta
ethnicGroup Dorians
surface form: Dorian Greeks
exileEnd c. 427 BC
exileLocation Arcadia
Mount Lykaion
exileStart c. 446 BC
father Pausanias the Regent
givenName Pleistoanax self-link
historicalSource Pausanias
surface form: Pausanias (geographer)

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house Agiad dynasty
knownFor peace-oriented policies toward Athens
periods of exile from Sparta
role in Peloponnesian conflicts
languageSpoken Ancient Greek
legacy considered unusually conciliatory for a Spartan king
memberOf Agiad dynasty
notableAction withdrew Spartan army from Attica in 446 BC
notableEvent invasion of Attica in 446 BC
negotiation of peace with Pericles in 446 BC
opponent Pericles
patronDeity Zeus
surface form: Zeus Lycaeus
placeOfBirth Sparta
policy advocacy of peace with Athens
opposition to aggressive Spartan expansion
politicalAlignment pro-peace faction in Sparta
positionHeld king of Sparta
reasonForExile accusations of accepting bribes to withdraw from Attica
reignEnd c. 409 BC
reignStart 458 BC
relative Pausanias the Regent
religion ancient Greek religion
returnedToPower c. 427 BC
successor Pleistarchus of Sparta
timePeriod 5th century BC

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Spartan king Pleistoanax name Pleistoanax
subject surface form: Pleistoanax
Peace of Nicias negotiatedBy Pleistoanax
Archidamus II co-ruledWith Pleistoanax
Pleistoanax givenName Pleistoanax self-link
Spartan war party opposedPolicyOf Pleistoanax
Pleistarchus successor Pleistoanax