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• PELOPIDAS (d. 364 B.C.)

PELOPIDAS (d. 364 B.C.)  , Theban statesman and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . He was a member of a distinguished See also:

• FAMILY

family, and possessed See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth which he expended on his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, while content to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead the See also:

• LIFE

life of an See also:

• ATHLETE (Gr. aOX177'7r; Lat. athleta)

athlete . In 385 B.C. he served in a Theban contingent sent to the support of the Spartans at See also:

• MANTINEIA, or MANTINEA

Mantineia, where he was saved, when dangerously wounded, by See also:

• EPAMINONDAS (c. 418-362)

Epaminondas (q.v.) . Upon the seizure of the Theban citadel by the Spartans (383 or 382) he fled to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, and took the lead in a See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy to liberate See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes . In 379 his party surprised and killed their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• POLITICAL

political opponents, and roused the See also:

• PEOPLE

people against the Spartan See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison, which surrendered to an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army gathered by See also:

• PELOPIDAS (d. 364 B.C.)

Pelopidas . In this and subsequent years he was elected boeotarch, and about 375 he routed a much larger Spartan force at Tegyra (near See also:

• ORCHOMENUS (local form on coins and inscriptions, Erchomenos)

Orchomenus) . This victory he owed mainly to the valour of the Sacred See also:

• BAND

Band, a picked See also:

• BODY

body of 300 See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry . At the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• LEUCTRA

Leuctra (371) he contributed greatly to the success of Epaminondas's new See also:

• TACTICS (Gr. TaeTOc*, sc. TEXvnI, from TavQecv, to arrange in order of battle)

tactics 'by the rapidity with which he made the Sacred Band See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close with the Spartans . In 370 he accompanied his friend Epaminondas as boeotarch into See also:

• PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus . On their return both generals were unsuccessfully accused of having retained their command beyond the legal See also:

• TERM

term . In 369, in response to a See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition of the Thessalians, Pelopidas was sent with an army against See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander, See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant of Pherae . After See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving Alexander out, he passed into See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia and arbitrated between two claimants to the See also:

• THRONE

throne .

In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to secure the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Thebes, he brought See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home hostages, including the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• BROTHER

brother, afterwards See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II., the conqueror of See also:

• GREECE

Greece . Next See also:

• YEAR

year Pelopidas was again called upon to interfere in Macedonia, but, being deserted by his mercenaries, was compelled to make an agreement with See also:

• PTOLEMAEUS

Ptolemaeus of Alorus . On his return through See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly he was seized by Alexander of Pherae, and two expeditions from Thebes were needed to secure his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release . In 367 Pelopidas went on an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian king and induced him to prescribe a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of Greece according to the wishes of the Thebans . In 364 he received another See also:

• APPEAL

appeal from the Thessalian towns against Alexander of Pherae . Though an See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun prevented his bringing with him more than a handful of troops, he overthrew the tyrant's far See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior force on the See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of Cynoscephalae; but wishing to slay Alexander with his own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, he rushed forward too eagerly and was cut down by the tyrant's See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards . See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch and See also:

• NEPOS, CORNELIUS (c. 99–24 B.C.)
• NEPOS, JULIUS

Nepos, Pelopidas; Diodorus xv . 62—81; See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon, Hellenica, vii . T . See also Timms . (M . O .

B .