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		In 298, Phila accompanied Demetrius when he set sail for Syria to marry their daughter, Stratonice (2), to Seleucus I. They stopped at Cilicia, in southern Asia Minor, which was ruled by Pleistarchus, a brother of Phila.
		Pleistarchus was furious at the landing and further angered by any alliance with Seleucus, for Demetrius had been the common enemy of both Pleistarchus and Seleucus.
		Phila went to Macedonia where her other brother, Cassander, was king to convince him not to side with Pleistarchus.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0347 (541 words)

	Pleistarchus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pleistarchus (d.458 BC) was the Agiad (Click link for more info and facts about King of Sparta) King of Sparta from (Click link for more info and facts about 480) 480 to 458 BC.
		Pleistarchus was the son of (Click link for more info and facts about Leonidas I) Leonidas I.
		For the early part of his reign his cousin (Click link for more info and facts about Pausanias) Pausanias acted as regent because Pleistarchus was not of age.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pl/pleistarchus.htm (79 words)

	Plutarch: Life of Demetrius (2) - translation
		In the course of the voyage he was several times under the necessity of making land, and he touched in particular upon the coast of Cilicia, which had been given to Pleistarchus, the brother of Cassander, as his share, after the defeat of Antigonus.
		Pleistarchus, thinking himself injured by the descent which Demetrius made upon his country, went immediately to Cassander, to complain of Seleucus for having reconciled himself to the common enemy without the agreement of the other kings.
		Demetrius seized the province of Cilicia, and sent Phila to her brother Cassander, to answer the accusations brought against him by Pleistarchus.
	www.attalus.org /old/demetrius2.html (8218 words)

	Pausanias
		Now, Pleistarchus, the son of Leonidas and Gorgo, should have become king, but he was too young, and therefore, Cleombrotus' son Pausanias was recognized as regent.
		He faced a difficult situation: the Persian army was still somewhere in northern Greece and its commander Mardonius had opened negotiations with the Athenians.
		Pausanias had a son named Pleistoanax, who succeeded Pleistarchus as king in 459 and reigned for half a century.
	www.livius.org /pan-paz/pausanias/pausanias.html (914 words)

	Pleistarchus
		Pleistarchus (d.458 BC) was the Agiad King of Sparta from 480 to 458 BC.
		For the early part of his reign his cousin Pausanias acted as regent because Pleistarchus was not of age.
		Agiad King of Sparta 480-458 BC Preceded by: Leonidas I
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/Pleistarchus.html (116 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The History of Herodotus by Herodotus
		Grant their request then, before they make any fresh resolve, which may bring Greece to ruin."
		The chief power belonged of right at this time to Pleistarchus, the son of Leonidas; but as he was still a child Pausanias, his cousin, was regent in his room.
		For the father of Pausanias, Cleombrotus, the son of Anaxandridas, no longer lived; he had died a short time after bringing back from the Isthmus the troops who had been employed in building the wall.
	classics.mit.edu /Herodotus/history.9.ix.html (9762 words)

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