Pelopidas

Japanese: ペロピダス（英語表記）Pelopidas

[Born] Around 410 B.C.
[Died] 364 BC. Cynoscephalae. Ancient Greek Theban politician and general. In 379/8 BC, he overthrew the pro-Spartan dictatorship, drove out the Spartans, and re-established democracy in Thebes. Later, in 371 BC, he defeated Sparta's hegemony at the Battle of Leuctra, and expanded Theban influence to northern Greece, including Thessaly and Macedonia. Together with his colleague Epaminondas, he led Thebes to its heyday and made it the hegemon of Greece for a time. He defeated Alexander of Pherae at Cynoscephalae, but was killed in battle.

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Japanese:

[生]前410頃
[没]前364. キュノスケファラエ
古代ギリシア，テーベの政治家，将軍。前 379/8年親スパルタ派の独裁体制を倒し，スパルタ人を駆逐してテーベに再び民主政を確立した。その後前 371年レウクトラの戦いでスパルタの覇権を破り，テッサリア，マケドニアなどギリシア北方にテーベの勢力を伸長させ，同僚エパメイノンダスとともにテーベを全盛期に導き，一時期ギリシアの覇者たらしめた。フェライのアレクサンドロスをキュノスケファラエに破っだが，みずからは戦闘中に倒れた。

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