Aneristus

Aneristus (Ancient Greek: Ἀνήριστος), the son of Sperthias, a Lacedaemonian ambassador, and grandson of Aneristus,[1] was a figure in the Peloponnesian War. He was sent at the beginning of the war, around 430 BCE, to solicit the aid of the king of Persia. He was surrendered by the Athenians, together with the other ambassadors who accompanied him, by Sadocus, son of Sitalces, king of Thrace, taken to Athens, and there put to death.[2][3]

Notes

1. Herodotus, Histories vii. 134.
2. Herodotus, Histories vii. 137
3. Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War ii. 67.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Aneristus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 177.