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Cleomenes I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cleomenes (IPA: /kliːˈɑməniːz/ Greek Κλεομένης), (d. c. 489 BC) was an Agiad King of Sparta in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. During his reign, which started around 520 BC, he pursued an ad...
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Cleomenes by Plutarch, part of the Internet Classics Archive Cleomenes (died 219 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden...
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hegemony of the Peloponnese . Cleomenes' interposition in the politics of central See also: mission abortive . In revenge Cleomenes accused Demaratus of See also:
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Cleomenes I – Facts about Cleomenes I, biography, pictures of Cleomenes I, videos, and Information at Encyclopedia.com: a free, credible collection of encyclopedias. Find more facts and information on our topic page about Cleomenes I...
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Cleomenes I was an Agiad king of Sparta. At the start of Cleomenes' reign, Sparta was the dominant power in Greece. Sparta had allies linked to her by...
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CLEOMENES I. was the son of Anaxandridas, whom he succeeded about 520 B.C. His chief exploit was his crushing victory near Tiryns over the Argives, some 6000 of whom he burned to death in a sacred grove to which they had fled for refuge (Herodotus vi.
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Cleomenes may refer to: one of several kings of Sparta: Cleomenes I (c.520-c.490 BC) Cleomenes II (370-309 BC) Cleomenes III (236-219 BC) Cleomenes of Naucratis, a Greek administrator Cleomenes the Cynic (c. 300 BC) Cynic philosopher Kleomenes Cléomène Cleomenes Клеомен...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Cleomenes I: Spartan king from 519 bc to his death, a ruler who consolidated his city’s position as the leading power in the Peloponnesus. Cleomenes I. (2008). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 01, 2008, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www...
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But when Cleomenes (I), king of the Spartans, having slain many Argives (but not by any means seven thousand seven hundred and seventy seven [cf. Herodotus, VII.148] as some fabulous narrative have it), proceeded against the city, an impulsive daring, divinely inspired, came to the younger women to try, for their country's...
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(kl m´ n z) (KEY) , d. c.489 B.C., king of Sparta after 518 B.C. In accordance with Sparta’s policy of helping oligarchies in other states at the expense of the tyrants or the people, Cleomenes joined the Athenians in ousting the tyrant Hippias, but to Cleomenes’ dismay Cleisthenes, the principal Athenian aristocrat,
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