Aeimnestus
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Who is Aeimnestus?
Aeimnestus is an Ancient Greek word, also spelled aeímnēstos and arímnēstos that means "unforgettable", literally "of everlasting memory". It was the name of multiple revered Greek warriors.
A Spartan soldier Aeimnestus killed the Persian general Mardonius by hurling a boulder onto Mardonius' head during the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. The even was described in Book 9 of the Histories of Herodotus. Plutarch calls the same man "Arimnestus".
Another Spartan by the same name led three hundred men against the whole Messenian army in the Messenian Wars; both he and his company were killed to the last man.
A Plataean general Arimnestus led his city's host in the battles of Marathon and Plataea.
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