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.
She gave birth first to Dorieus, then straightway to Leonidas, and right after him to Cleombrotus.
At Sparta, Anaxandrides the son of Leon, who had been king, was now no longer alive but was dead, and Cleomenes son of Anaxandrides held the royal power.
Then the Ephors and Elders took counsel, and placed this proposal before Anaxandrides: