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Aeimnestus (Gr. ) 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" (). A Plataean general Arimnestus led his city's host in the battles of Marathon and Plataea.

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  • Aeimnestus (Gr. ) 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" (). A Plataean general Arimnestus led his city's host in the battles of Marathon and Plataea.
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  • Aeimnestus (Gr. ) 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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