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'''Leotychidas''' ['''Leotychides'''] (c. [[545 BC]]-[[469 BC]]) was the ruler of [[Sparta]] from [[491 BC]]-[[476 BC]]. He led Spartan forces during the [[Persian War]] from 490 BC-478 BC.

Born in Sparta around [[545 BC]], Leotychidas was a descendent of the house of [[Eurypontid]] and came to power with the help of [[Cleomenes I]] by challenging [[Demaratus]] for the throne of Sparta in [[491 BC]]. Later that year, he joined Cleomenes' second expedition to [[Aegina]], where ten hostages were seized and given to [[Athens]]. However after Cleomenes' death in [[488 BC]], Leotychidas was almost surrendered to Aegina. In the spring of [[479 BC]], Leotychidas commanded a Greek fleet consisting of 110 ships at Aegina and later at [[Delos]], supporting the Greek revolts at [[Chios]] and [[Samos]] against [[Persian Empire|Persia]]. Leotychidas defeated Persian military and naval forces at the [[battle of Mycale]] on the coast of [[Asia Minor]] in the summer of [[479 BC]] (possibly around mid-August). In [[476 BC]] Leotychidas led an expedition to [[Thessaly]] against the [[Aleudae]] family for collaboration with the Persians but withdrew after being bribed by the family. Returning to Sparta he was tried for bribery, and fled to the temple of [[Athena Alea]] in [[Tegea]]. Sentenced to exile, his house was burned and his grandson [[Archidamus II]] became the ruler of Sparta. Leotychidas died some years later, around [[469 BC]].

== Further reading ==
*Andrew R. Burn, ''Persia and the Greeks: The Defense of the West 456-478 B.C.'', New York, 1962
*Peter Green, ''The Year of Salamis 480-479 B.C.'', London, 1970

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 '''Leotychidas''' ('''Leotychides''') (c. [[545 BC]]-[[469 BC]]) was the ruler of [[Sparta]] from [[491 BC]]-[[476 BC]]. He led Spartan forces during the [[Persian War]] from 490 BC-478 BC.
-Born in Sparta around [[545 BC]], Leotychidas was a descendent of the house of [[Eurypontid]] and came to power with the help of [[Cleomenes I]] by challenging [[Demaratus]] for the throne of Sparta in [[491 BC]]. Later that year, he joined Cleomenes' second expedition to [[Aegina]], where ten hostages were seized and given to [[Athens]]. However after Cleomenes' death in [[488 BC]], Leotychidas was almost surrendered to Aegina. In the spring of [[479 BC]], Leotychidas commanded a Greek fleet consisting of 110 ships at Aegina and later at [[Delos]], supporting the Greek revolts at [[Chios]] and [[Samos]] against [[Persian Empire|Persia]]. Leotychidas defeated Persian military and naval forces at the [[battle of Mycale]] on the coast of [[Asia Minor]] in the summer of [[479 BC]] (possibly around mid-August). In [[476 BC]] Leotychidas led an expedition to [[Thessaly]] against the [[Aleudae]] family for collaboration with the Persians but withdrew after being bribed by the family. Returning to Sparta he was tried for bribery, and fled to the temple of [[Athena Alea]] in [[Tegea]]. Sentenced to exile, his house was burned and his grandson [[Archidamus II]] became the ruler of Sparta. Leotychidas died some years later, around [[469 BC]].
+Born in Sparta around [[545 BC]], Leotychidas was a descendent of the house of [[Eurypontid]] and came to power with the help of [[Cleomenes I]] by challenging [[Demaratus]] for the throne of Sparta in [[491 BC]]. Later that year, he joined Cleomenes' second expedition to [[Aegina]], where ten hostages were seized and given to [[Athens]]. However after Cleomenes' death in [[488 BC]], Leotychidas was almost surrendered to Aegina. In the spring of [[479 BC]], Leotychidas commanded a Greek fleet consisting of 110 ships at Aegina and later at [[Delos]], supporting the Greek revolts at [[Chios]] and [[Samos]] against Persia. Leotychidas defeated Persian military and naval forces at the [[battle of Mycale]] on the coast of [[Asia Minor]] in the summer of [[479 BC]] (possibly around mid-August). In [[476 BC]] Leotychidas led an expedition to [[Thessaly]] against the [[Aleudae]] family for collaboration with the Persians but withdrew after being bribed by the family. Returning to Sparta he was tried for bribery, and fled to the temple of [[Athena Alea]] in [[Tegea]]. Sentenced to exile, his house was burned and his grandson [[Archidamus II]] became the ruler of Sparta. Leotychidas died some years later, around [[469 BC]].
 == Further reading ==

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	Born in Sparta around [[545 BC]], Leotychidas was a descendent of the house of [[Eurypontid]] and came to power with the help of [[Cleomenes I]] by challenging [[Demaratus]] for the throne of Sparta in [[491 BC]]. Later that year, he joined Cleomenes' second expedition to [[Aegina]], where ten hostages were seized and given to [[Athens]]. However after Cleomenes' death in [[488 BC]], Leotychidas was almost surrendered to Aegina. In the spring of [[479 BC]], Leotychidas commanded a Greek fleet consisting of 110 ships at Aegina and later at [[Delos]], supporting the Greek revolts at [[Chios]] and [[Samos]] against [[Persian Empire\|Persia]]. Leotychidas defeated Persian military and naval forces at the [[battle of Mycale]] on the coast of [[Asia Minor]] in the summer of [[479 BC]] (possibly around mid-August). In [[476 BC]] Leotychidas led an expedition to [[Thessaly]] against the [[Aleudae]] family for collaboration with the Persians but withdrew after being bribed by the family. Returning to Sparta he was tried for bribery, and fled to the temple of [[Athena Alea]] in [[Tegea]]. Sentenced to exile, his house was burned and his grandson [[Archidamus II]] became the ruler of Sparta. Leotychidas died some years later, around [[469 BC]].		Born in Sparta around [[545 BC]], Leotychidas was a descendent of the house of [[Eurypontid]] and came to power with the help of [[Cleomenes I]] by challenging [[Demaratus]] for the throne of Sparta in [[491 BC]]. Later that year, he joined Cleomenes' second expedition to [[Aegina]], where ten hostages were seized and given to [[Athens]]. However after Cleomenes' death in [[488 BC]], Leotychidas was almost surrendered to Aegina. In the spring of [[479 BC]], Leotychidas commanded a Greek fleet consisting of 110 ships at Aegina and later at [[Delos]], supporting the Greek revolts at [[Chios]] and [[Samos]] against [[Persian Empire\|Persia]]. Leotychidas defeated Persian military and naval forces at the [[battle of Mycale]] on the coast of [[Asia Minor]] in the summer of [[479 BC]] (possibly around mid-August). In [[476 BC]] Leotychidas led an expedition to [[Thessaly]] against the [[Aleudae]] family for collaboration with the Persians but withdrew after being bribed by the family. Returning to Sparta he was tried for bribery, and fled to the temple of [[Athena Alea]] in [[Tegea]]. Sentenced to exile, his house was burned and his grandson [[Archidamus II]] became the ruler of Sparta. Leotychidas died some years later, around [[469 BC]].

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