Vem daterade Chelidonis?

Chelidonis eller Chilonis (Greek: Χελιδονίς) var en spartansk prinsessa, mor till kung Areus II.

Hon var dotter till prins Leotychidas och gift med den mycket äldre prins Cleonymus av Sparta. Hon var otrogen mot sin make med Acrotatus.

Cleonymus lämnade Sparta och lierade sig med Pyrrhus av Epiros samt förmådde denne att anfalla Sparta. Tillsammans med de andra kvinnorna deltog Chelidonis i byggandet av ett dike framför spartanernas försvarsställningar för att sedan vid anfallet gömma sig med en snara runt halsen redo att hänga sig för att undgå att tagas levande av Cleonymus.

Pyrrus företag misslyckades, varefter Chelidonis och Acrotatus lyckligen förenades.

Acrotatus II (Greek: Ἀκρότατος; died 262 BC) was an Agiad King of Sparta from 265 to 262 BC. He was the son of Areus I, and grandson of Acrotatus I.

He had unlawful intercourse with Chilonis, the young wife of Cleonymus, uncle of his father Areus. It was this, together with the disappointment of not obtaining the throne, which led Cleonymus to invite Pyrrhus to Sparta in 272. Areus was then absent in Crete, and the safety of Sparta was mainly owing to the valor of Acrotatus who successfully held off the Siege of Sparta. He succeeded his father in 265, but was killed shortly thereafter (possibly in the same year) in battle against Aristodemus the Good, the tyrant of Megalopolis. Pausanias, in speaking of his death, calls him the son of Cleonymus, but he has mistaken him for his grandfather, mentioned above. Areus and Acrotatus are accused by Phylarchus of having corrupted the simplicity of Spartan manners. He was succeeded by his son Areus II.