Anaxandrides
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Anaxandrides son of Leon
in the texts
Nicomachean Ethics
A comic poet whose satirical line is quoted to illustrate the condition of the unrestrained man.
In fact the unrestrained man resembles a state which passes all the proper enactments, and has good laws, but which never keeps its laws:
The Histories
Former Spartan king whose childlessness with his first wife leads the Ephors to compel an unprecedented second marriage, producing rival sons.
” So they spoke, and Anaxandrides consented.
After no long time the second wife gave birth to Cleomenes.
Then the Ephors and Elders took counsel, and placed this proposal before Anaxandrides: