Cleandridas or
Cleandrides (
Greek: Κλεανδρίδας or Κλεανδρίδης) was a
Spartan general of the 5th century BCE, who advised the young
Agiad king
Pleistoanax during the early part of the latter's reign. According to
Plutarch, both Cleandrides and Pleistoanax were banished from
Sparta (most likely between the years 446 and 444), for allegedly accepting a bribe from the
Athenian leader
Pericles to call off their planned attack on the Athenian region
Attica. Although Pleistoanax was later recalled to Sparta, Cleandrides had a death sentence imposed upon him in his absence. (Plutarch,
Life of Pericles XXII)