Gylippus
Gylippus (/dʒɪˈlɪpəs/; Greek: Γύλιππος) was a Spartan general (strategos) of the 5th century BC; he was the son of Cleandridas, who was the adviser of King Pleistoanax and had been expelled from Sparta for accepting Athenian bribes in 446 BC and fled to Thurii, a pan-Hellenic colony then being founded in the instep of Italy with Athenian help and participation. His mother may have been a helot, which meant he was not a true Spartiate but...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gylippus cyprioticus
speciesGylippus cyprioticus
Gylippus caucasicus
speciesGylippus caucasicus
Gylippus erseni
speciesGylippus erseni
Gylippus lamelliger
speciesGylippus lamelliger
Gylippus pectinifer
speciesGylippus pectinifer
Gylippus syriacus
speciesGylippus syriacus
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 739759.