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Callicratidas

also: Callicratidas, Callicratidam

Spartan admiral in the Peloponnesian War who refused to retreat before the Athenians at Arginusae (406 BC) and perished with his fleet rather than flee in dishonor. Cicero faults him for putting his own glory above the common safety.

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