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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Patronymic, father of Sperthias and a Spartan of noble birth. Sperthias was sent as a herald to the Persian king XERXES (c. 482 BCE) in an attempt to atone for the Spartans’ MURDER of HERALDS sent by DARIUS I (7.134.2). Nothing more is known of this Aneristus (LGPN III.A, 40 (no. 1)), though Herodotus’ description of the sons as “having attained the first ranks of wealth” at SPARTA sheds interesting light on the legend (ancient and modern) of Spartan austerity and equality.

SEE ALSO: Aneristus son of Sperthias; Sperthias and Bulis; Wealth and Poverty