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	Pleistoanax - Definition, explanation
		Pleistoanax (reigned 459 BC –; 409 BC) was an Agiad King of Sparta.
		He was most anxious for Peace during the Archidamian War, the first phase of the Peloponnesian War.
		This biography of a European noble is a stub.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pl/pleistoanax.php (170 words)

	Pleistoanax -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pleistoanax (reigned 459 BC — 409 BC) was an Agiad (Click link for more info and facts about King of Sparta) King of Sparta.
		He was most anxious for Peace during the Archidamian War, the first phase of the (A war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC) Peloponnesian War.
		In 428 BC, he was recalled and restored in obedience to the (An ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the Temple of Apollo) Delphic oracle's advice.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pl/pleistoanax.htm (109 words)

	Peace of Nicias - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The negotiations were begun by Pleistoanax, King of Sparta, and the Athenian general Nicias.
		Both decided to return everything that they had conquered during the war, except for Nisaea, which would remain in Athenian hands, and Plataea, which remained under the control of Thebes.
		These representatives were, for Sparta, the kings Pleistoanax and Agis II, Pleistolas, Damagetus, Chionis, Metagenes, Acanthus, Daithus, Ischagoras, Philocharidas, Zeuxidas, Antiphus, Tellis, Alcindas, Empedias, Menas, and Laphilus.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Peace_of_Nicias (339 words)

	Some Famous Spartans
		King of Sparta from 408/7, Pausanias was the son of Pleistoanax, the son of the Regent Pausanias, and thus a member of the Argiad Royal House.
		Pleistoanax was in disgrace at Sparta from 445-426, and thus Pausanias, though a minor, 'deputized' for him.
		Pausanias served in command of the Spartan force in Attica, replacing Lysander.
	www.csun.edu /%7Ehcfll004/FamousSpartans.html (681 words)

	The Peloponnesian War Book IV: The Battle of Amphipolis
		She found Pleistoanax, one of Brasidias' generals, in the tavern with a small gathering of his men.
		Pleistoanax made his way toward Brasidias, wishing to be at his leader's side when the surrender was made official.
		Pleistoanax spoke first, "Either we agree to return everything to as it was before the war, or we agree to keep everything as it now stands.
	www.xenafan.com /fiction/content2/amphip2.html (13776 words)

	Political Crimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Apollo's oracle was consulted before virtually any political operation was undertaken, the prophetess transmitting the oracle was targetted by parties desiring her to exert their own political wills.
		Thucydides, for instance, notes that Pleistoanax and Aristocles "had bribed the prophetess of Delphi to tell the Lacedaemonian deputations which successively arrived at the temple to bring home the seed of the demigod son of Zeus," for Pleistoanax and Aristocles knew that people would follow the oracle's decree
		Delphi was not alone in being subjected to crimes against the state, nor was it alone in experiencing the political ripples created when panhellenic sites were used as pawns.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cl135/Students/Rachael_Samberg/political2.html (266 words)

	Peace of Nicias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That same year, the Athenians suffered a major defeat in Boeotia at the Battle of Delium, and in 422 BC they were defeated at the Battle of Amphipolis in their attempt to take back that city.
		Bothdecided to return everything that they had conquered during the war, except for Nisaea, which would remain in Athenian hands, and Plataea, which remained under the control of Thebes.
		Theserepresentatives were, for Sparta, the kings Pleistoanax and Agis II, Pleistolas,Damagetus, Chionis, Metagenes, Acanthus, Daithus, Ischagoras, Philocharidas, Zeuxidas, Antiphus, Tellis, Alcindas, Empedias,Menas, and Laphilus.
	www.therfcc.org /peace-of-nicias-54942.html (328 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 411 (v. 3)
		On this page: Pleione – Pleistaenetus – Pleistarchus – Pleisthenes – Pleistoanax
		458, without issue, Pleistoanax succeeded to the throne, being yet a minor, so that in the expedition of the Lacedaemonians in behalf of the Dorians against Phocis, in b.
		Pleistoanax remained nineteen years in exile, taking up his abode near the temple of Zeus on Mount Lycaeus in Arcadia, and having half his house within the sacred precincts that he might enjoy the benefit of the sanctuary.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2745.html (822 words)

	Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian Wars (Hobbes trans.) vol. 2: The Online Library of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		those two that in the two states aspired most to be chief, Pleistoanax the son of Pausanias, and Nicias the son of Niceratus, who in military charges had been the most fortunate of his time, did most of all other desire to have the peace go forward.
		Pleistoanax had the same desire, because of the imputation laid upon him about his return from exile by his enemies, that suggested unto the Lacedæmonians upon every loss they received, that the same befel them for having, contrary to the law, repealed his banishment.
		Of the Lacedæmonians took the oath, these: Pleistoanax, Agis, Pleistolas, Damagetus, Chionis, Metagenes, Acanthus, Daidus, Ischagoras, Philocharidas, Zeuxidas, Anthippus, Alcinadas, Tellis, Empedias, Menas, Laphilus.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/Hobbes0123/Works/HTMLs/Vol09/0051_09_Pt01_Book5.html (10848 words)

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