Aristodemus (Spartan): Encyclopedia - AristodemusFor the 5th century BCE Spartan by the same name, see Aristodemus (Spartan).
In Greek mythology, Aristodemus was a son of Aristomaches and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus.
Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them (the Oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe). They r ...
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