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2. Leonidas I - Wikipedia

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   Leonidas I (/ l i ə ˈ n aɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty, a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles.

3. List of kings of Sparta - Wikipedia

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   Spartan kings received a recurring posthumous hero cult like that of the similarly Doric kings of Cyrene. [4] The kings' firstborn sons, as heirs-apparent, were the only Spartan boys expressly exempt from the Agoge; however, they were allowed to take part if they so wished, and this endowed them with increased prestige when they ascended the ...

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5. Leotychidas II - Wikipedia

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   Born in Sparta around 545 BC, Leotychidas was a descendant of the Royal House of the Eurypontids (through Menamus, Agesilaus, Hippocratides, Leotychides, Anaxilaus, Archidamos, Anaxandridas I and Theopompus) and came to power in 491 BC with the help of the Agiad King Cleomenes I by challenging the legitimacy of the birth of Demaratus for the ...

6. Areus I - Wikipedia

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   Areus I (Ancient Greek: Ἀρεύς; c. 320 or 312 – 265 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 309 to 265 BC. His reign is noted for his attempts to transform Sparta into a Hellenistic kingdom and to recover its former pre-eminence in Greece, notably against the kings Antigonos Gonatas of Macedonia and Pyrrhus of Epirus.

7. Cynortas - Wikipedia

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   Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas of Sparta [1] and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus, [2] Hyacinthus, [3] Laodamia [4] (or Leanira [5]), Hegesandre, [6] Harpalus, [7] Polyboea [8] and in other versions, of Daphne. [9] He was the father of Oebalus [10] or of Perieres, [11] who either succeeded to the throne.