Cleombrotus And Chilonis
The name Cleombrotus ( el, Κλεόμβροτος, link=no ) may refer to: *Cleombrotus (regent), uncle and regent of Spartan king Pleistarchus *Cleombrotus I (d. 371 BC), king of Sparta from 380 to 371 BC *Cleombrotus II, king of Sparta from 242 to 241 BC *Cleombrotus of Ambracia, a character in Plato's ''Phaedo ''Phædo'' or ''Phaedo'' (; el, Φαίδων, ''Phaidōn'' ), also known to ancient readers as ''On The Soul'', is one of the best-known dialogues of Plato's middle period, along with the '' Republic'' and the '' Symposium.'' The philosophica ...

Cleombrotus (regent)
Cleombrotus ( el, Κλεόμβροτος, ''Kleómbrotos''), regent of Sparta between 480 and 479 BC. He was a member of the Agiad dynasty, the son of Anaxandridas II and the brother of Cleomenes I, Dorieus and of Leonidas I. When the latter died, he became the tutor of his nephew Pleistarchus, son of Leonidas, and leader of the Greek infantry at the beginning of the second phase of the Greco-Persian Wars. Cleombrotus was in command of the Spartan and Peloponnesian troops who built the wall across the Isthmus of Corinth The Isthmus of Corinth ( Greek: Ισθμός της Κορίνθου) is the narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. The word " isthmus" comes from the An ... that was intended to keep the Persian army out of the Peloponnese. He died soon after returning to Sparta from the Isthmus. He was the father of Pausanias and the Spartan general Nicomedes.Thucydides I,107. ...
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Cleombrotus I
Cleombrotus I ( el, Κλεόμβροτος ; died 6 July 371 BC) was a Spartan king of the Agiad line, reigning from 380 BC until 371 BC. Little is known of Cleombrotus' early life. Son of Pausanias, he became king of Sparta after the death of his brother Agesipolis I in 380 BC, and led the allied Spartan-Peloponnesian army against the Thebans under Epaminondas in the Battle of Leuctra. His death and the utter defeat of his army led to the end of Spartan dominance in ancient Greece. Cleombrotus was succeeded by his son Agesipolis II. His other son was Cleomenes II. Many historians cite Cleombrotus as having pro-Theban tendencies, unlike his fellow king, Agesilaus II. He was blamed for the humiliating defeat at Leuctra by his contemporaries for being biased towards the enemy, though some modern historians do not believe that he was actually pro-Theban.Xenophon, ''Hell.'' He was the first Spartan king to die in battle since Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae. References Fu ...
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Cleombrotus II
Cleombrotus II ( el, Κλεόμβροτος Β΄) was a Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty. He married into the royal family via the daughter of Leonidas II, Chilonis. Chilonis's mother was a Persian/Seleucid woman, and Cleombrotus II's wife was therefore not fully Spartan. This created friction between Cleombrotus II's father-in-law and then co-regent Agis IV when it came to succession. Cleombrotus II nevertheless succeeded Leonidas II when the latter fled to avoid trial after clashing with co-regent's reforms, and reigned from 242 BC to 241 BC before Leonidas II returned and once more took the throne. He then sent Cleombrotus II and Chilonis into exile. Cleomenes III, Leonidas II's son, eventually succeeded his father at his death.Sarah B. Pomeroy (2002), ''Spartan Women'', pages 87–88. Notes References Primary sources *Plutarch, ''Parallel Lives, Agis and Cleomenes.'' *Polybius, ''Histories Histories or, in Latin, Historiae may refer to: * the plural of history * ''Hi ...
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Cleombrotus Of Ambracia
Cleombrotus (later referred to as Cleombrotus of Ambracia; el, Κλεόμβροτος) is a young man mentioned in Plato's ''Phaedo'' as one of two young men notably absent when Socrates drank the hemlock. This is his only mention in Plato, but a later tradition added that he was from Ambracia; Callimachus explains that Cleombrotus committed suicide in a way that caused a debate still held in the time of Michel de Montaigne—whether his suicide, leaping into the ocean to enter the life of the spirits after reading the ''Phaedo'', was foolish or not. As translated by Henry William Tytler, Callimachus Callimachus (; ) was an ancient Greek poet, scholar and librarian who was active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC. A representative of Ancient Greek literature of the Hellenistic period, he wrote over 800 literary works in a wide variety ...'s epigram reads: References Pupils of Socrates Suicides in Greece Suicides by drowning {{Death-stub ...
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