Sparta's greatest king, from his grandest moments, to his most challenging setbacks.  394-371 BC. In this episode:-Isolating your enemies-Working through intermediaries-The power of culture-Democracy vs. Oligarchy-personal integrity vs state integrity Thanks to our Sponsor, Ancient Language Institute:  https://ancientlanguage.com/register-greek/ Here's a nice map of ancient Greece  Places:  Thebes  Corinth  Athens (in Attica)  Argos  Sparta/Lacedaemon (in Laconia) Acrocorinth Peloponnese  Cadmeia  Olynthus  Piraeus (Port city of Athens) ElisArcadia Mantinea  Olympia  Thespiae (in Boeotia)  Plataea (in Boeotia)  Leuctra (in Boeotia)      People:   Agesilaus  Xenophon  Antalcidas (of Sparta)  Cynisca (of Sparta)  Leontiades (of Thebes)  Ismenias (of Thebes)  Phoebidas - Spartan Commander  Agesipolis - King of Sparta  Pelopidas (of Thebes)  Epaminondas (of Thebes)  Sphodrias - Spartan Commander  Cleonymus - son of Sphodrias  Archidamus - son of Agesilaus  Cleombrotus - King of Sparta