Archidamus · Atlas

spoken of as

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Archidamus of Elis“envoy”1 mention

and there went up thither Pelopidas for the Thebans, Antiochus, the pancratiast, for the Arcadians, and Archidamus for the Eleans;

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Archidamus the Laconian1 mention

On the Embassy (Greek)

Again, when Archidamus the Laconian was ready to take over those posts and guard them, the Phocians refused his offer, answering him that it was the danger from Sparta that they feared, not the danger at home.

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History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

King of Sparta who counsels deliberation and preparation rather than immediate war against Athens.

especially in the case of continental against maritime powers.

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For in their land consider that you have nothing else but a hostage;

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but if we shall practise and prepare against them, time will pass in the interval.

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HellenicaClassical · Greek

Name borne by Agesilaus' father and by Agesilaus' son, the latter interceding for Sphodrias through affection for Cleonymus.

And Agesilaus said:

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And Agesilaus answered:

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And he, filled with joy, went at once to Archidamus and said:

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On the EmbassyClassical · Greek

A Laconian leader who offered to guard the Phocian posts controlling Thermopylae.

Again, when Archidamus the Laconian was ready to take over those posts and guard them, the Phocians refused his offer, answering him that it was the danger from Sparta that they feared, not the danger at home.

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On the MysteriesClassical · Greek

A person denounced by Teucrus in the Hermae matter.

Euctemon, Glaucippus, Eurymachus, Polyeuctus, Plato, Antidorus, Charippus, Theodorus, Alcisthenes, Menestratus, Eryximachus, Euphiletus, Eurydamas, Pherecles, Meletus, Timanthes, Archidamus, Telenicus.

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Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against NeaeraClassical · Greek

King of the Lacedaemonians who, decades after the Persian Wars, attempted to seize Plataea in peacetime through a conspiracy with Thebans inside the city.

For the moment the Lacedaemonians had no means of dealing with them, but about fifty years later Archidamus, son of Zeuxidamus, king of the Lacedaemonians, undertook in time of peace to seize their city.

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The Rights of War and PeaceRenaissance · English

Spartan king, reported by Thucydides, who questioned the wisdom of ravaging Attica.

Archidamus, in Thucydides, attempting to dissuade the Lacedaemonians from a war with the Athenians, asks them, what object they propose to themselves by such a war?

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ArchidamusClassical · Greek

The Spartan royal speaker of the oration, traditionally identified as Archidamus, argues against surrendering Messene.

The fact is that if any of those who are accustomed to address you had spoken in a manner worthy of the state, I should strictly have held my peace;

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For my part, I believe that if this proposal were merely put in words and scattered broadcast among the Hellenes, our enemies would be thrown into utter confusion;

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For if it were established that older men always know what is best, while the younger are never correct in their views, it would be right to exclude us from giving counsel;

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Alcibiades 1Classical · Greek

A Spartan king, husband of Lampido.

And I imagine that even Lampido, daughter of Leotychides and wife of Archidamus and mother of Agis, who have all been kings, would wonder in the same way, when she compared her people’s resources, at your intention of having a contest with her son despite your bad upbringing.

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AgesilausClassical · Greek

Father of Agesilaus in the succession account.

For on the death of King Agis there was a struggle for the throne between Leotychidas, as the son of Agis, and Agesilaus, as the son of Archidamus.

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