Aristodemus
Aristodēmus, ī, m. (Ἀριστόδημος), I) ein tragischer Schauspieler zu Athen, Cic. de rep. 4, 13; vgl. Dissen zu Demosth. de cor. c. 27, 1. p. 188. – II) Tyrann von Kumä in Kampanien, 502 v. Chr., bei dem der aus Rom vertriebene Kaiser Tarquinius Superbus starb, Liv. 2, 21, 5.
Ăristŏdēmus, (15) ī, m. (Ἀριστόδημος), roi de Cumes : Liv. 2, 21, 5 || pers. divers : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15 ; Att. 2, 7, 5.
Aristodēmus
(Ἀριστόδημος). (1) A descendant of Heracles, son of Aristomachus, brother of Temenus and Cresphontes, and father of Eurysthenes and Procles. He was killed at Naupactus by a flash of lightning, just as he was setting out on the expedition into the Peloponnesus, and his two sons obtained Sparta, which would have fallen to him.
(2) A Messenian, the chief hero in the First Messenian War. He sacrificed his own daughter to save his country. He was afterwards elected king in place of Euphaës; and continued the war against the Spartans, till at length, finding resistance hopeless, he put an end to his life on the tomb of his daughter, about B.C. 723.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus, a Heraclid
- son of Aristomachus: Paus. 2.18.7
- father of Eurysthenes and Procles: Apollod. 2.8.2, Apollod. 2.8.3
- husband of Argea: Paus. 4.3.4
- dies at Delphi before return of Dorians: Paus. 3.1.6
- his children Procles and Eurysthenes ancestors of the two royal houses of Sparta: Paus. 3.1.5-9
- his sons return to Peloponnese: Paus. 2.18.7
- his sons are allotted Lacedaemon: Apollod. 2.8.3
- claim of his sons defeated by ruse of Cresphontes: Paus. 4.3.4ff.
- they support restoration of Aepytus to Messenia: Paus. 4.3.8, Paus. 4.5.1
- their wives: Paus. 3.16.6
- their seer: Paus. 4.16.1
- Hdt. 6.52, Hdt. 7.204, Hdt. 8.131
- offers his daughter for sacrifice: Paus. 4.9.6
- slays her: Paus. 4.9.8
- chosen king of Messenia: Paus. 4.10.5
- commands Messenians in war with Lacedaemon: Paus. 4.11.1-3, Paus. 8.5.10
- inquires of Delphic oracle: Paus. 4.12.3ff., Paus. 4.26.4
- dedicates tripods to Zeus: Paus. 4.12.10
- discouraged by evil omens he slays himself: Paus. 4.13.1-4, Paus. 4.23.6
- commands Lacedaemonians at Corinth: Paus. 3.5.7
- Paus. 10.20.5
- Hdt. 7.229-231
- his death at Plataea: Hdt. 9.71
- a Phigalian, tyrant of Megalopolis: Paus. 8.27.11
- surnamed `the Good': Paus. 8.27.11, Paus. 8.36.5
- defeats Lacedaemonians under Acrotatus: Paus. 8.30.7
- dedicates temple of Huntress Artemis: Paus. 8.32.4, also sanctuary of Artemis Sciaditis: Paus. 8.35.5
- his grave: Paus. 8.36.5
- an Elean, Olympic victor: Paus. 6.3.4