What happened to Xenophon’s son Gryllus at the second Battle of Mantinea?

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Xenophon Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.

At the second Battle of Mantinea in 362 BCE, Xenophon’s son, Gryllus, served in the Athenian cavalry and was killed in action. His death was so significant that it inspired a profusion of eulogies, and the philosopher Aristotle later titled one of his dialogues Gryllus in his honor.1