[1][2][3], The Greek historian Herodotus believed that had both Aristodemus and Eurytus returned alive, or had Aristodemus alone been ill and excused from combat, the Spartans would have ascribed no blame to Aristodemus. Along with a comrade, Eurytus, Aristodemus was stricken with a disease of the eye (they were "ὀφθαλμιῶντες" as Herodotus wrote), causing King Leonidas to order the two to return home before the battle, but Eurytus turned back, though blind, and met his end charging into the fray. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning (or shot by Apollo) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heraclidae had slain an Acarnanian soothsayer. In By his wife Argia, daughter of King Autesion of Thebes, he was the father of twin Kings Eurysthenes and Procles, the ancestors of the two royal houses of Sparta. Aristodemus was one of only two Spartan survivors, as he was not present at the last stand. At the Hot Gates before the battle is begun, a Persian herald is sent to convince the Greek allies to submit; the herald turns out to be Tommie, who calls out by name for each man of the envoy he had met at Rhodes (all four of whom are among the three hundred), before requesting to speak with Leonidas directly. Aristodemus of Sparta (died 479 BC) was a Spartan warrior who was one of the only two survivors of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Last edited on 30 September 2020, at 13:00, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aristodemus_of_Sparta&oldid=981127388, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 September 2020, at 13:00. As such, he faces no scorn from his comrades on his return, and is later seen leading the Spartan army into battle at Plataea. - 449. 480. pne. Herodotus wrote that he was the bravest Spartan at the battle. [5], At the Battle of Plataea, Aristodemus fought with such fury that the Spartans regarded him as having redeemed himself. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus.[1]. Aristodemo fue un guerrero espartano, uno de los trescientos enviados a la Batalla de las Termópilas.Junto con un camarada, Éurito, Aristodemo fue afectado por una infección en el ojo.Debido a esto, el rey Leónidas ordenó a ambos regresar a Esparta antes de la batalla, pero Éurito desacató la orden, regreso al combate y murió en él. bio je spartanski vojnik poznat kao pripadnik odreda od 300 elitnih hoplita koji je za vrijeme perzijske invauije godine 480. pne. In Greek mythology, Aristodemus (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόδημος) was one of the Heracleidae, son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus. Aristodemus (Greek: Ἀριστόδημος, died 479 BC) was a Spartan warrior, one of the many sent to the Battle of Thermopylae. It was so that he can use his oratorial skills to tell the story of his comrades in order to inspire the rest of Sparta, and then all of Greece. Look at other dictionaries: Aristodemus of Miletus — Aristodemus (in Greek Aριστoδημoς; lived 4th century BC), native of Miletus, was a friend and flatterer of Antigonus, king of Asia, who sent him, in 315 BC, to the Peloponnese with 1000 talents, and ordered him to maintain friendly relations with … Un personaggio di nome Delios, che dovrebbe corrispondere ad Aristodemo, appare nel fumetto di Frank Miller, 300, che racconta le vicende della battaglia delle Termopili. Aristodemos is later mentioned as being one of the three hundred selected to accompany Leonidas to hold up the Persian army at the Hot Gates. Finally, Aristodemos's shameful treatment upon his return to Sparta is recalled, as well as his redemption by the heroic way he fought at Plataea. He failed to return to Thermopylae in time for the battle, and on finding himself in disgrace in Sparta, hanged himself. Aristodemus, also known as Dilios, was one of King Leonidas I's 300 Spartan warriors who stood with him at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them (the Oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe). pne.) The other, Aristodemus, became the only survivor of the 300 since he decided to return home rather than fight under such circumstances. Aristodemus of Sparta (died 479 BC) was a Spartan warrior who was one of the only two survivors of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Despite their refusal to surrender, Tommie presents a golden goblet as a gift to the Greeks, handing it to Aristodemos who in turn passes it to Leonidas. "[4], The other survivor of the Three Hundred was a man named Pantites, who had been sent by Leonidas on an embassy to Thessaly. This decision, however, stigmatized him and his compatriots regarded him as a coward. Thermopylae Aristodemus was one of only two Spartan survivors, as he was not present at the last stand. Although they removed the black mark against his name, they did not award him any special honors for his valour because he had fought with suicidal recklessness; the Spartans regarded as more valorous those who fought while still wishing to live. The three of them survive the events of the film. in 480 BC. The character also appears in the sequel, where he follows Queen Gorgo into battle and fights alongside her and Themistocles. A character slightly based on Aristodemus named Dilios appears in and partly narrates Frank Miller's 1998 graphic novel 300, which retells the events of the Battle of Thermopylae. They received the answer that by the "third fruit" the "third generation" was meant, and that the "narrow passage" was not the isthmus of Corinth, but the straits of Rhium. Historica Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. In the 2006 movie adaptation of the same name, Dilios was portrayed by David Wenham. [1] However, because Eurytus did turn back and died in combat, Aristodemus was regarded as a coward and subjected to humiliation and disgrace at the hands of his compatriots; in the words of Herodotus, "no man would give him a light for his fire or speak to him; he was called Aristodemus the Coward. Four years before the battle of Thermopylae, he is part of an ultimately unsuccessful four-man envoy sent to Rhodes to dissuade the Rhodian navy from serving Xerxes. https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Aristodemus_of_Sparta?oldid=166593. His brothers were later able to conquer the Peloponessus. Za ostale ličnosti sa istim imenom, v. Aristodemus (razvrstavanje) Aristodem (grčki: Αριστόδημος; Aristodemos; latinski: Aristodemus; fl. Unlike Aristodemus, Dilios is not ordered home because of infection, although he does lose an eye in combat. Biography Aristodemus, also known as Dilios, was one of King Leonidas I's 300 Spartan warriors who stood with him at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Aristodemos is the main figure in Caroline Snedeker's popular historical novel The Coward of Thermopylae (1911), retitled in 1912 as The Spartan. Yet there was another man, one of Leonidas’ 300, who was added to the Battle of Thermopylae’s sub-chapters, namely Aristodemus of Sparta, the only survivor of the epic battle. He was instructed to tell the story of the Spartans' bravery at Thermopylae, inspiring Sparta and then the rest of Greece to resist the Persian invasion. Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them (the Oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe). While at Rhodes the envoy encounters a group of Egyptian marines, led by a captain named Ptammitechus (whom they simply call 'Tommie'), and is given a tour of their warships. Aristodemus sought to redeem his absence from the battle by fighting at the Battle of Plataea, during which he charged berserker-like from the Spartan phalanx and against the Persians, fighting with suicidal recklessness until he was slain. Before the fighting on the third day, Aristodemos is mentioned along with Eurytus to have been evacuated to the village of Alpenoi after eye-inflammation rendered them both sightless. [2], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aristodemus&oldid=911824956, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 August 2019, at 11:44. Aristodemos appears as a recurring background character in Steven Pressfield's 1998 novel Gates of Fire. to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe). Along with a comrade, Eurytus, Aristodemus was stricken with a disease of the eye (they were "ὀφθαλμιῶντες" as Herodotus wrote), causing King Leonidas to order the two to return home before the battle, but Eurytus turned back, though blind, and met his end charging into the fray.

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