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Gorgidas (Ancient Gr****: Γοργίδας) was the
first known Theban military leader of the
Sacred Band of
Thebes around 378 BC.
Plutarch in his Life of Pelopidas...
- He
records that the
Sacred Band was
originally formed by the
boeotarch Gorgidas,
shortly after the
expulsion of the
Spartan garrison occupying the Theban...
- ********inates the
leaders of the pro-Spartan government.
Epaminondas and
Gorgidas lead a
group of
young men who
break into the city's armories, take weapons...
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engagements with
Phoebidas and
Gorgidas surviving today.
Xenophon and
Diodorus both say that
Phoebidas died
during Gorgidas'
abrupt turn-around. Diodorus...
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counterparts beside them, the
elite Sacred Band of
Thebes under the
command of
Gorgidas. This "show of contempt"
stops the
advancing Spartan forces, and shortly...
- territory,
which prompted Gorgidas to
bring his
entire Theban force and
plunder the
surroundings of
Thespiae in retaliation.
Gorgidas was then
surprised and...
- ********inates the
leaders of the pro-Spartan government.
Epaminondas and
Gorgidas lead a
group of
young men who
break into the city's armories, take weapons...
-
Thebes which he
attributes to
their shared p****ionate love for each other:
Gorgidas was the man, who
first established the
sacred band in Thebes; it consisted...
- Road 44, E Gr****
National Road 48, W
Bakis Brachyllas Corinna Epaminondas Gorgidas Hesiod Luke the
Evangelist (traditionally
location of his death) Pelopidas...
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leaders of the pro-Spartan government, and
supported by
Epaminondas and
Gorgidas, who led a
group of
young men, and a
force of
Athenian hoplites, they surrounded...
