biography
pronunciation:
[pelopidas]
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| lived:
| (c.410–364 BC)
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| biography:
| Theban general and statesman. Together with his friend Epaminondas, he established the short-lived Theban hegemony over Greece in the 360s BC. After playing a prominent part in the Theban victory over Sparta at Leuctra (371 BC), he subsequently operated mainly to the N of Greece in Thessaly and Macedonia. He was killed in battle against Alexander of Pherae. |
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