Aristomenes
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- For Aristomenes, regent of Ptolemaic Egypt, see Aristomenes of Alyzia.
Aristomenes was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Messenian Wars , and his resistance to them on Mount Ida for 11 years. At length the mountain fell to the enemy, while he escaped and was snatched up by the gods; he died at Rhodes.
He was worshipped as a hero in Messenia and other places[1].
He is also, according to Sir Richard Burton, the principal inspiration for one of the voyages of Sinbad the sailor in the Arabian Nights.
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- ^ Aristomenes of Messene: legends of Sparta's nemesis By Daniel Ogden Page 33 ISBN 0954384547
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