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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 ...
Leonidas was the name of an epic poem written by Richard Glover, which originally appeared in 1737. It went on to appear in four other editions, being expanded from 9 books to 12. [23] He is a central figure in Steven Pressfield's novel Gates of Fire, [24] and appears as the protagonist of Frank Miller's 1998 comic book series 300.
Leonidas I: Battle of Thermopylae: c. 480 – 459 BC: Pleistarchus: First Peloponnesian War begins c. 459 – 445 BC, 426 – 409 BC: Pleistoanax: Second Peloponnesian War begins c. 445 – 426 BC, 409 – 395 BC: Pausanias: Helped restore democracy in Athens; Spartan hegemony: c. 395 – 380 BC: Agesipolis I: Corinthian War begins c. 380 ...
Gorgo, daughter of Cleomenes I, she married her uncle Leonidas I. Mother of Pleistarchus. [36] Alkathoa, wife of Cleombrotus, mother of Pausanias and Nicomedes. [37] Euryanax, son of Dorieus, perhaps illegitimate. He fought at the Battle of Plataea. [38] [39] Pleistarchus, son of Leonidas and Gordo, king between 480 and 459. [40] [41]
A bust believed to depict King Leonidas I, Gorgo's husband. After Cleomenes's death in 489 BC, Gorgo was left as his sole heiress. By 490, she was apparently already married to her half-uncle Leonidas I. [11] Despite being the daughter and wife of Spartan kings, Gorgo herself could not be considered a queen, as royal women in Sparta did not typically hold a special role in society.
Leon was the son of king Eurycratides [4] and grandson of Anaxander. [ 5 ] He was succeeded on the throne by his son Anaxandridas II , who managed to defeat Tegea.
In 480 BC Leonidas famously died in the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persians and was then succeeded by his son Pleistarchus. Since he was still a child, Pausanias and Euryanax led the Spartan army during the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. During this combat, Euryanax was second in command.
1997 Solomon, a sequel to David, with Max von Sydow playing an older King David. [173] 2009 Kings, a re-imagining loosely based on the biblical story, with David played by Christopher Egan. [174] King David is the focus of the second episode of History Channel's Battles BC documentary, which detailed all of his military exploits in the bible. [175]