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Pe⋅lop⋅i⋅das

[puh-lop-i-duhs]
–noun
died 364 b.c., Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
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Pelopidas

Theban statesman and general responsible, with his friend Epaminondas, for the brief period (371-362) of Theban hegemony in mainland Greece.

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