Chilonis (insect)
Chilonis may refer to: * Chilonis (daughter of Leotychidas) (3rd century BC) Spartan queen, daughter of Leotychidas, wife of Cleonymus, then Acrotatus, and mother of Areus II * Chilonis (wife of Cleombrotus II) Chilonis ( el, Χιλονίς) was a Spartan princess and queen: daughter, wife, sister and grandmother of four different Spartan kings: Leonidas II, Cleombrotus II, Cleomenes III and Agesipolis III respectively. Biography Chilonis, daughter of ...

Chilonis (daughter Of Leotychidas)
Chilonis ( el, Χιλονίς) was a Spartan princess, daughter of Leotychidas, wife of Cleonymus, then Acrotatus, with whom she had Areus II. She is known from Plutarch's "Life of Pyrrhus". Biography Her much older husband Cleonymus, a son of Cleomenes II, had not been allowed to succeed to his father's throne because of his violent and tyrannical behaviour, and had spent many years away from Sparta as a soldier of fortune. Chilonis was unfaithful to him with Acrotatus, son of the king Areus I. Areus was away with his army in Gortyn, Crete (272 BC) when Cleonymus attacked his homeland with the help of Pyrrhus of Epirus. Chilonis preferred death to a return to her husband; in Plutarch's account of the battle, she kept a rope tied around her neck ready to commit suicide in the case of defeat. With the help of their women, the Spartans, led by Acrotatus, were able to withstand the attack,Plutarch, ''Life of Pyrrhus'', 27-28. until the return of the king from Gortyn. He was able t ...
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