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Gylippus

500 BC - 460 BC

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Gylippus (; Greek: Γύλιππος) was a Spartan general (strategos) of the 5th century BC; he was the son of Cleandridas, who was the adviser of King Pleistoanax and had been expelled from Sparta for accepting Athenian bribes in 446 BC and fled to Thurii, a pan-Hellenic colony then being founded in the instep of Italy with Athenian help and participation. His mother may have been a helot, which meant he was not a true Spartiate but a mothax, a man of inferior status. Despite this, from an early childhood he was trained for war in the traditional Spartan fashion and on reaching maturity had been elected to a military mess, his dues contributed by a wealthier Spartiate patron. For an individual of marginal origins, war was an opportunity to gain honor and eminence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gylippus is the 1,094th most popular military personnel (up from 1,115th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Greece (down from 485th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gylippus ranks 1,094 out of 2,058. Before him are Petar Bojović, Mikhail Katukov, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, Horatio Gates, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Alexios Apokaukos. After him are Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Jacques Massu, Cristóbal de Olid, Otto Baum, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, and Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Gylippus ranks 57. Before him are Agoracritus, Corax of Syracuse, Lamachus, Theagenes of Thasos, Sophron, and Li Kui. After him are Praxilla, Anaxilas, Hecatomnus, Callicratidas, Apollodorus, and Metrodorus of Chios. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Gylippus ranks 16. Before him are Calamis, Diagoras of Rhodes, Callimachus, Telesilla, Achaemenes, and Sophron. After him are Apollodorus, Thrasybulus of Syracuse, Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, and Pharnaces II of Phrygia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Gylippus ranks 497 out of 1,024. Before him are Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Leonidas Pyrgos (1871), Leon of Sparta (-700), Georgios Kondylis (1878), Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945), and Ioannis Kolettis (1773). After him are Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), Nephon II of Constantinople (1450), Metrocles (-400), Thomas Xenakis (1875), and Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Gylippus ranks 36. Before him are Markos Botsaris (1790), Peithon (-355), Ian Hamilton (1853), Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), and Lamachus (-500). After him are Callicratidas (-500), Clearchus of Sparta (-401), Peisander (-500), Wehib Pasha (1877), Ioannis Frangoudis (1863), and Athanasios Diakos (1788).

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