Epa min on das

(e-pam-in-on'das,) one of the greatest statesmen and generals of the Theban Greeks, was B. about 412 B. c. He early distinguished himself by his valor in the battle of Mantinea, and afterwards attained to high reputation as an orator. In the war against Sparta, E. was declared commander-in-chief of the The bans, and as such routed the enemy at Leuctra, 372 B. c. He afterwards achieved a great victory in the 2d battle of Mantinea, where he fell mortally wounded, 362 B. c. E., according to Cicero, was the greatest man ancient Greece had given birth to. [s. 333]