Author(s):
Welwei, Karl-Wilhelm (Bochum)
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Zahrnt, Michael (Kiel)
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Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA)
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Ameling, Walter (Jena)
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Donohue, Alice A. (Bryn Mawr)
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Et al.
(Παυσανίας;
Pausanías). [German version] [1] Spartiate from the house of the Agiads Spartiate from the house of the Agiads, son of Cleombrotus [1], after whose death (480/479 BC) he became guardian for his cousin Pleistarchus [1] and 'regent' (Hdt. 9,10; Thuc. 1,132,1; Paus. 3,4,9), father of the later king Pleistoanax (Thuc. 1,107,2). In 479, P. led the contingent of the Hellenic confederacy of 481 to victory over the Persians at Plataeae (Persian Wars), where at first the Greeks almost suffered a catastrophe when P. had to engage in a nighttime retreat due to supply difficulties (Hdt. 9,19-88; Plut. Aristides 14-20; Diod. Sic. 11,29,4-32; [1. 217-247]). After the victory, P. had his name put on a dedication at Delphi; however, on the instructions of the Spartans, it was replaced by the names of the Greeks who participated in the battle (ML 27; Thuc. 1,132,2-3; Anth. Pal. 6,197). In the spring of 478, he led land and naval forces to Cyprus and the Hellespont to provide Hellas with wide-ranging protection against the expected attacks of the Persians. In Byzantium, he is said to have treated the Greeks subordinate to him arrogantly, and also to have made contact with the Persians. It cannot be excluded that the accusations were meant to disguise a conspiracy against him in which Aristides [1] was significantly involved. P. was summoned back to Sparta, where he was placed on trial, but acquitted (Thuc. 1,94-95; 1,…