Pleistarchus

Pleistarchus (Greek Πλείσταρχος; † 458 BC), son of Leonidas I and the Gorgon was an ancient Spartan king from the house of Agiaden.

When in 480 BC, his father died in the battle of Thermopylae in battle with the Persians, he was still a child. Therefore, initially took over his uncle Cleombrotus the regency. Since Cleombrotus died a short time later, his cousin Pausanias was his guardian. This also led the Spartans in the Battle of Plataea. When Pleistarchus succeeded to the kingship, is not precisely known. It is believed that this happened later than 467 BC with the death of Pausanias, however, probably as early as 477 BC He must have died 458 BC, without male issue, because this year Pausanias ' son Pleistoanax King been.

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• Diodorus, Libraries historiké, 13, 75
• Herodotus, Histories, 9, 10
• Pausanias, traveling in Greece, 3, 4, 9
• Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, 1, 132