Othryades

Othryades was a Spartan. [1]

As a hoplite, [2] he was one of three hundred selected to fight a force of three hundred Argive soldiers for possession of Thyrea. He was the only survivor of the battle; he later turned his sword against himself while on the same battle-field, ashamed to be the one survivor. [1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 E Elder M.A. -. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3. J. Murray, 1873. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  2. ↑ J. E. Lendon - teaches history at the University of Virginia c.2006. Soldiers & Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity (p.51). Yale University Press, 1 Aug 2006 ISBN 0300119798. Retrieved 2015-04-12.