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NATASHA BERSHADSKY

Center for Hellenic Studies

The two Argive survivors of the Battle of Champions (1.82), in which 300 Argives fought 300 Spartans for the plain of THYREAE. After only one Spartan, OTHRYADES, remained alive, Alcenor and Chromius considered themselves victorious and departed to ARGOS, while Othryades stripped the slain Argives of their armor and stayed in the Spartan camp. Both the Spartans and the Argives maintained that they were victorious, and the dispute led to a larger battle, as the result of which SPARTA seized Thyreae. Other ancient sources do not feature the second battle (Chrysermus of Corinth BNJ 287 F2a, with “Agenor” for Alcenor; Theseus BNJ 453 F2). A different version existed in Argos, where the Roman‐era author Pausanias saw a statue of the Argive Perilaus, son of Alcenor, killing the Spartan Othryades (Paus. 2.20.7).

SEE ALSO: Hair; Peloponnese; Warfare