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According to tradition, the two lines, the
Agiads (Ἀγιάδαι, Agiadai) and
Eurypontids (Εὐρυποντίδαι, Eurypontidai), were
respectively descended from the twins...
- was the
father of Soos and the
grandfather of Eurypon,
founder of the
Eurypontid dynasty of the
Kings of Sparta. The
title of archēgetēs, "founding magistrate...
-
Ancient Gr**** city-state of Sparta. They
ruled jointly along with the
Eurypontid dynasty,
possibly from the 8th
century BC onwards,
being the
senior of...
- two
kingships were both hereditary,
vested in the
Agiad dynasty and the
Eurypontid dynasty.
According to legend, the
respective hereditary lines of these...
- Agis II (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Ἄγις; died c. 399 BC) was the 18th
Eurypontid king of Sparta, the
eldest son of
Archidamus II by his
first wife, and half-brother...
- of
Sparta from
around 515 BC to 491 BC. He was the 15th
ruler of the
Eurypontid dynasty and the
firstborn son of King Ariston.
During his reign, Demaratus...
-
around 545 BC,
Leotychidas was a
descendant of the
Royal House of the
Eurypontids (through Menamus, Agesilaus, Hippocratides, Leotychides, Anaxilaus, Archidamos...
- home to
Greece from Egypt. He is
succeeded by his son
Archidamus III as
Eurypontid king of Sparta. As the
Illyrians attack the Molossians, the Molossian...
- (Agiad Kings, r. 820–790 BC and 790–760 BC respectively) and
Eunomus (
Eurypontid King r. 800–780 BC), Co-Kings of
Sparta Lycurgus of
Sparta (800 BC?–730...
- dynasty, one of the two
royal families of
Sparta (the
other being the
Eurypontids).
Leonidas II was
raised at the
Seleucid court, and
according to Plutarch's...
