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.
Aliases (2)
- Pleistoanax ×49
- King of Sparta ×1
Statements (49)
| 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
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surface form: "Delphic oracle"
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| birthPlace | Sparta → |
| child |
Pausanias of Sparta
→
surface form: "Pausanias (king of Sparta)"
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| 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"
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| historicalSource |
Pausanias
→
surface form: "Pausanias (geographer)"
Thucydides → |
| involvedIn | First Peloponnesian War → |
| knownFor |
advocating peace with Athens
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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
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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"
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| predecessor | Pleistarchus → |
| reasonForExile | accusations of accepting Athenian bribes → |
| regionRuled |
Sparta
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surface form: "Lacedaemon"
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| 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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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Pleistoanax"
this entity surface form: "King of Sparta"