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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

1) Spartan who died fighting at SAMOS, on behalf of Samian EXILES against their tyrant POLYCRATES, in 525 BCE (3.55.1). Herodotus praises Archias and his fellow soldier LYCOPES for their COURAGE; had it been matched by the rest of the Spartans that day, he says, they would have captured the city. Archias was honored with a public burial by the Samians (3.55.2)—presumably after the city’s tyrant Polycrates had died a few years later. Archias’ son was named Samius, perhaps posthumously (see below).

2) Grandson of (1), son of SAMIUS. Herodotus says he met the younger Archias when he visited PITANE in SPARTA, who told him that his father had been named Samius due to the exploits of the elder Archias. Herodotus reports that the younger Archias honored Samian guest‐friends above all others because the Samians had given his grandfather a public burial (3.55.2; cf. Plut. Mor. 860c/DHM 22). This is one of the rare instances in the Histories when Herodotus mentions a personal informant by name (Asheri in ALC, 450). Archias may have been PROXENOS for Samos at Sparta c. 440 BCE and may be the father of the Spartan admiral named Samius active around 400 (Xen. Hell. 3.1.1; Diod. Sic. 14.19.4, “Samus”).

SEE ALSO: Burial Customs; Guest‐Friendship; Source Citations