Archidamia

, a prieste of Ceres, who, on account of her affection for Aristo menes, restored him to liberty when he had been taken prisoner by her female attendants at the celebration of their festivals. Pausanias , bk. 4 , ch. 17 .――A daughter of Cleadas, who upon hearing that her countrymen the Spartans were debating whether they should send away their women to Crete against the hostile approach of Pyrrhus, seized a sword, and ran to the senate house, exclaiming that the women were as able to fight as the men. Upon this the decree was repealed. Plutarch , Pyrrhus .— Polyænus , bk. 8 , ch. 8 .