Cleombrotus
historical figure · 3 works · 6 mentions · 8 anchored passages
king
in the texts
Hellenica
Lacedaemonian commander sent against Thebes in winter, later contrasted with Agesilaus.
Meanwhile Cleombrotus proceeded to conduct the soldiers under his command back homeward by the road which leads through Creusis, the troops being vastly puzzled to know whether there was really war between them and the Thebans, or peace;
But the ephors, hearing the stories of those who had been banished after the slaughter in Thebes, sent out Cleombrotus, — this being the first time that he had a command, — in the dead of winter.
The Lacedaemonians on their side called out the ban against the Thebans, and believing that Agesilaus would lead them with more judgment than Cleombrotus, requested him to act as commander of the army.
The Histories
Father of Pausanias and son of Anaxandrides; led the wall-building army away from the Isthmus after a solar omen and died shortly after.
The reason for Cleombrotus leading his army away from the Isthmus was that while he was offering sacrifice for victory over the Persian, the sun was darkened in the heavens.
Cleombrotus, Pausanias ' father and Anaxandrides ' son, was no longer living.