Eurypontidai

a dynasty that reigned in Sparta from the llth (according to legend) to the second century B.C., simultaneously with the Agidai dynasty. The Eurypontidai, who were considered to be descendants of the legendary king Eurypontid, included the kings Agesilaus II, Agis II and Agis IV, and Archidamus.

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10) (ii) The Eurypontidai from Ariston to Leotychidas (3.

Kings Dates Possible source Lelex - Teisamenos Prehistoric The Chronography Aristodemos Prehistoric The Chronography (Herodotus) Agiadai Eurypontidai

399-394) occupy almost 60% of Pausanias' account of the Eurypontidai.

Pausanias and the historiography of classical Sparta

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