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Arimnestus


Aeimnestus (Gr. Ἀείμνηστος) is an Ancient Greek word, also spelled aeímnēstos and arímnēstos that means "unforgettable", literally "of everlasting memory". It was the name of multiple revered Greek warriors.

A Spartan soldier Aeimnestus killed the Persian general Mardonius by crushing Mardonius' head with a rock during the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. The event was described in Book 9 of the Histories of Herodotus.Plutarch calls the same man "Arimnestus" (Ἀρίμνηστος).

Another Spartan by the same name led three hundred men against the whole Messenian army in the Messenian Wars; both he and his company were killed to the last man.

A Plataean general Arimnestos led his city's host in the battles of Marathon and Plataea.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 


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