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Headword:
Kleomenês
Adler number: kappa,1723
Translated headword: Kleomenes, Cleomenes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: This man devised a plot against
Ptolemy Philopator; though he came to a bad end, he had been a man both adroit in his dealings and adept in his management of affairs -- in short, with the natural qualities of a leader and a king.
There is [material] about this man under "not walking without a stick".[1]
Kleomenês: houtos estin ho Ptolemaiôi tôi Philopatori epiboulên tektênamenos: hos kakôs metêllaxe ton bion, anêr genomenos kai pros tas homilias epidexios kai pros pragmatôn oikonomian euphuês kai sullêbdên hêgemonikos kai basilikos têi phusei. esti peri toutou en tôi aneu xulou mê badizein.
Notes:
After the introductory clause, the source becomes
Polybius 5.39.6. Date: 220s BCE.
The Suda ignores Kleomenes III's career as king of
Sparta c.235-222 (for which see
Polybius 2.46-70, 5.35-9;
Plutarch,
Agis and Kleomenes) and focuses on the end of his life. After the Macedonians defeated the Spartans at
Sellasia, Kleomenes escaped to Alexandria, meeting his death in 219 after a failed plot against the Macedonian king of Egypt,
Ptolemy IV Philopator, named here.
[1]
alpha 2345.
Cartledge, P., and Spawforth, A. (2002), Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities, 2nd edn (London and New York), 38-58
Shipley, G. (2000), The Greek World after Alexander (London and New York), 143-7
Keywords: biography; ethics; historiography; history; politics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 July 2001@09:56:09.
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