Athenaeus of Sparta

Athenaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀθήναιος), son of Pericleidas, was a man of ancient Sparta who served during the Peloponnesian War. He was one of the commissioners who, on the part of the Spartans and their allies, ratified the truce for one year which in 423 BCE was made between the Spartans and Athenians and their allies after the Spartans and Athenians agreed to exchange the hostages for the towns captured by the general Brasidas.^[1]

Afterwards he and the Athenian Aristonymus went around to announce the ratification of the truce to Brasidas and other officers of the belligerent parties.^[2]

The names Athenaeus and Pericleidas mark the friendly relations which existed between this family and the Athenians, and more especially the family of Pericles.

References

^ Mitchell, Lynette Gail (2002). Greeks Bearing Gifts: The Public Use of Private Relationships in the Greek World, 435-323 BC. Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780521893305. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
^ Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.119, 122

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Mason, Charles Peter (1870). "Athenaeus (1)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 400.

[1] Mitchell, Lynette Gail (2002). Greeks Bearing Gifts: The Public Use of Private Relationships in the Greek World, 435-323 BC. Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780521893305. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

[2] Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.119, 122

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