Spartan king Pleistoanax

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Spartan king Pleistoanax was a 5th-century BCE Agiad ruler of Sparta known for his controversial leadership, including a peace-oriented policy toward Athens that led to his temporary exile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century BCE Greek ruler
Agiad king of Sparta
Spartan king
accusation sparing Athens in exchange for money
associatedWith Oracle of Apollo
surface form: "Delphic oracle"
birthPlace Sparta
child Pausanias of Sparta
surface form: "Pausanias (king of Sparta)"
citizenship Sparta
coKingWith Archidamus II
conflict tension with war party in Sparta
country Sparta
deathPlace Sparta
era Classical Greece
ethnicGroup Spartans
exileEnd c. 427 BCE
exilePlace Mount Lykaion
exileRegion Arcadia
exileStart c. 446 BCE
father Pausanias the Regent
grandfather Archidamus III
surface form: "Cleombrotus I"
historicalSource Pausanias
surface form: "Pausanias (geographer)"

Thucydides
involvedIn First Peloponnesian War
knownFor advocating peace with Athens
controversial leadership in Sparta
temporary exile from Sparta
language Ancient Greek
legacy early advocate of negotiated peace with Athens
militaryCommand Spartan army in Attica
name Pleistoanax
notableEvent led Spartan invasion of Attica in 446 BCE
withdrew Spartan army from Attica without battle
opposedBy Spartan war party
parent Pausanias the Regent
policy peace-oriented policy toward Athens
politicalAlignment pro-peace faction in Sparta
positionHeld Spartan king Pleistoanax
surface form: "King of Sparta"
predecessor Pleistarchus
reasonForExile accusations of accepting Athenian bribes
regionRuled Sparta
surface form: "Lacedaemon"
reignEnd c. 409 BCE
reignInterrupted true
reignStart 458 BCE
religion Ancient Greek religion
religiousAct built or restored a sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lykaion
returnToPower recalled from exile after consultation of the Delphic oracle
royalHouse Agiad dynasty
spouse unnamed Spartan woman of royal lineage
successor Pausanias of Sparta
surface form: "Pausanias (king of Sparta)"

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Second Sacred War commandedBy Spartan king Pleistoanax
Spartan king Pleistoanax positionHeld Spartan king Pleistoanax
subject surface form: "Pleistoanax"
this entity surface form: "King of Sparta"

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