Person

Leotychidas II

r. c. 491–469 BCE · 5th century BCE · Also known as Leotychides

Leotychidas II was a Eurypontid king of Sparta who gained the throne about 491 BCE after Cleomenes I had his rival Demaratus deposed. In 479 BCE he commanded the Greek fleet and army that destroyed the Persian forces at Mycale in Ionia. During a campaign in Thessaly about 476 BCE he was accused of taking bribes, and he fled into exile at Tegea, where he died.

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