Agesipolis
historical figure · 4 works · 7 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Agesipolis the son of Cleombrotus
in the texts
Hellenica
The other Spartan king, still a boy at this time, on whose behalf his guardian Aristodemus leads the Lacedaemonian army.
and since Agesipolis was still a boy, the state commanded Aristodemus, who was of the royal family and the boy’s guardian, to lead the army.
And inasmuch as Agesilaus had lately made an expedition into Argos, Agesipolis, finding out from the soldiers how far Agesilaus had led his army in the direction of the wall, and how far he had laid waste the land, endeavoured, like an athlete in the pentathlum, to go beyond him at every point.
After this, while Agesipolis was encamping near the enclosed space, a thunderbolt fell into his camp;
Agesilaus
The other Spartan king, young and gentle, whom Agesilaus influenced through shared romantic interests.
He would even lead the young king’s fancy toward the object of his own affections, and share with him in wooing and loving, these Spartan loves having nothing shameful in them, but being attended rather with great modesty, high ambition, and an ardent desire for excellence, as I have written in my life of Lycurgus.
Apophthegmata Laconica
Spartan king, son of Cleombrotus, whose sayings touch on rebuilding after destruction, princely accountability, and the relaxation of old restrictions on export.
Agesipolis the son of Cleombrotus, when one told him that Philip had razed Olynthus in a few days, said, Well, but he is not able to build such another in twice that time.
Pelopidas
Spartan king who rescued Pelopidas and Epaminondas during the battle of Mantineia.
And now he too was in a sorry plight, having been wounded in the breast with a spear and in the arm with a sword, when Agesipolis the Spartan king came to his aid from the other wing, and when all hope was lost, saved them both.