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According to tradition, the two lines, the
Agiads (Ἀγιάδαι, Agiadai) and
Eurypontids (Εὐρυποντίδαι, Eurypontidai), were
respectively descended from the twins...
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which reason the two
lines were
called the
Agiads and the
Eurypontids.
After the
death of
Aristodemus the
Spartans consulted the
oracle at...
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around 545 BC,
Leotychidas was a
descendant of the
Royal House of the
Eurypontids (through Menamus, Agesilaus, Hippocratides, Leotychides, Anaxilaus, Archidamos...
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dynasties were
however not
related until the ****enistic era and the
Eurypontids reached royal status much
later than the Agiads. As a result, in order...
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several dynasties claimed descent from Heracles, such as the
Agiads and
Eurypontids of Sparta, or the
Temenids of Macedonia. Heracles, whom Zeus had originally...
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Biography and Mythology/Pleistarchus 1. Jona
Lendering (2006-03-31). "
Eurypontids and Agiads". Livius.org.
Archived from the
original on 2005-11-18. Retrieved...
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Eurypontid dynasty, one of the two
royal families of
Sparta (the
other being the Agiads). The
reign of Agis
marks a re-emergence of the
Eurypontids,...
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Epitadeus Agis IV
Cleomenes III
Government List of
Kings of
Sparta Agiads Eurypontids Gerousia Ephorate Ekklesia Navarchy Social groups Spartiates Perioeci...
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historical Kings of
Sparta belonged to the co-ruling
houses of the
Agiads and
Eurypontids and
claimed their respective descent from the brothers. Apollodorus,...
- parents, were also excluded. The
firstborn sons of the
ruling houses,
Eurypontid and Agiad, were exempted; a few
trophimoi (very well-connected metics...
