Aristomenes
King of Messenia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Aristomenes, see Aristomenes (disambiguation).
Aristomenes (Greek: Ἀριστομένης) was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Second Messenian War (685–668 BC), and his resistance to them on Mount Eira for 11 years. At length the mountain fell to the enemy, while he escaped and, according to legend, was snatched up by the gods; in fact he died at Rhodes.