Gorgo was the daughter and the only child of Cleomenes I, King of Sparta during the 6th and 5th centuries BC. She was the wife of her uncle, King Leonidas I who fought and died in the Battle of Thermopylae. Cleomenes (Greek Κλεομένης, d. ... Coordinates 37°4′ N 22°26′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Laconia Population 18,184 source (2001) Area 84. ... Statue of Leonidas I of Sparta. ... Combatants Greek-city states Persian Empire Commanders Leonidas I † Xerxes I the Great of Persia Strength 300 Spartans 700 Thespians 6,000 other Greek allies2 60,000-2,000,000 (estimates vary)1 Casualties 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians; 1,400 Greek allies in total. ...

Cleomenes and Leonidas were paternal half-brothers. They were both sons of Anaxandridas II. Anaxandridas II (Anaxandrides, Greek Αναξανδριδης) was a king of Sparta in c. ...

She is mentioned by Herodotus (Histories) and Plutarch. The fact that she is mentioned with her name by Herodotus probably means she was highly appreciated by him since often left out the names of the female figures he included in his books. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mestrius Plutarchus (Greek: Πλούταρχος; 46 - 127), better known in English as Plutarch, was an Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist. ...

According to Histories at about the age of eight to nine years old she advised her father Cleomenes not to trust Aristagoras. "Father, you had better have this man go away, or the stranger will corrupt you". Cleomenes followed her advice. She appears again in Herodotus's Histories when a message from Demaratus arrives at Sparta. The message is after the battle of Thermopylae and is a warning that Greece is going to be invaded by Xerxes. In order to pass enemy lines without suspicion the message was written on a wooden plate and covered with wax. The Spartan Generals didn't know what to do with the seemingly blank, wax-covered wooden plate. It was Gorgo who advised them to clear the wax of the plate. Demaratus, king of Sparta from 515 until 491 BC of the Eurypontid line, successor to his father Ariston. ... Xerxes I, the Great of Persia 485-465 BCE. Recreation of Xerxes face. ...

Also before the Battle of Thermopylae, knowing that her husband's death in battle was inevitable, she asked him what to do. Leonidas replied:

"Marry a good man and bear good children."

Children

She had at least one son by Leonidas I, Statue of Leonidas I of Sparta. ...

• Pleistarchus, co-King of Sparta from 480 BC to his death in 458 BC.

Pleistarchus (d. ... Events King Xerxes I of Persia sets out to conquer Greece. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC - 458 BC - 457 BC 456 BC...

Quotes

'When asked by a woman from Attica, 'Why are you Spartan women the only ones who can rule men?, she said: 'Because we are also the only ones who give birth to men.'