- Cleandrides
Cleandrides (or Cleandridas) was a
Spartan general of the 5th century BCE, who advised the youngAgiad kingPleistoanax during the early part of the latter's reign. According to Plutarch, both Cleandrides and Pleistoanax were banished fromSparta (most likely between the years 446 and 444), for allegedly accepting a bribe from the Athenian leaderPericles to call off their planned attack on the Athenian regionAttica . Although Pleistoanax was later recalled to Sparta, Cleandrides had a death sentence imposed upon him in his absence. (Plutarch, "Life of Pericles" XXII)
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