Pelopidas
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Thebes
- Place of birth
- Thebes
- Place of death
- Battle of Cynoscephalae
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- strategos
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- Ivanov, Andrey - Pelopidas's death - 1805-1806.jpg
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- Pelopidas of Thebes
- date of death
- 0364-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- date of birth
- 0450-00-00
- name in native language
- Πελοπίδας
- P8168
- Couffy-sur-Sarsonne
- significant place
- Thebes
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8 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Athlete and warrior
- Boeotarch
- Embassy to Persia
- Thessalian campaign and death
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thumb|upright 1.2|Death of Pelopidas, by Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov|Andrey Ivanov, 1805–1806 Pelopidas (; ; died 364 BC) was an important Theban statesman and general in Greece, instrumental in establishing the mid-fourth century Theban hegemony.
==Biography== ===Athlete and warrior=== thumb|upright|Pelopidas setting out for Thebes
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