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Pantites
5th-century BC Spartan warrior · Writers · Died c. 470 BC
Pantites was a Spartan warrior, one of the Three Hundred sent to the Battle of Thermopylae. King Leonidas I ordered Pantites on an embassy to Thessaly, possibly to recruit allies for the coming battle.
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However, Pantites failed to return to Thermopylae in time for the battle, arriving after all of his fellow soldiers had been killed. When he returned to Sparta, he was shunned as a "trembler" and made an outcast. Unable to live with his disgrace, he hanged himself.
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Died c. 470 BC
