Leon of Sparta
Leon (Greek: Λέων) was the 14th Agiad dynasty King of Sparta, ruling from 590 BC to 560 BC.
Leon | |
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| King of Sparta | |
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| Born | Sparta |
| Spouse(s) | Unknown |
| Issue | |
| Father | Eurycratides |
| Mother | Unknown |
Biography
Leon is mentioned in the seventh book of The Histories by Herodotus.[3]
He is said to have, like his father, fought to a draw with the Tegeans.
Family
Leon was the son of king Eurycratides[4] and grandson of Anaxander.[5]
He was succeeded on the throne by his son Anaxandridas II, who managed to defeat Tegea.[6]
Family tree
| Leon of Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Anaxandridas II | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wife of Leon | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Cleomenes I of Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||
| Daughter of Prinetades | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gorgo, Queen of Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wife of Cleomenes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pleistarchus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wife of Eurycratides | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leon of Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eurycratides of Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Anaxandridas II of Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wife of Leon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leonidas I, King of Sparta | |||||||||||||||||||
| Niece of Anaxandridas | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- Liddell, Henry George Scott, Robert (1980). A Greek-English Lexicon (Abridged Edition). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 411. ISBN 0-19-910207-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund, eds. (1989). "Lion". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-861186-2.
- Herodotus 7.204, "(Leonides) Anaxandrides’ son, Leon’s son, Eurycratides’ son, Anaxandrus’ son, Eurycrates’ son."
- Totius latinitatis lexicon: C-E (1861) by Egidio Forcellini, Vincenzo de Vit and Giuseppe Furlanetto
- Ancient History: A Revised Chronology, Volume 1 by Anthony Lyle
- Anaxandridas II Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
| Preceded by Eurycratides |
Agiad King of Sparta 590 - 560 BC |
Succeeded by Anaxandridas II |
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| Heraclids Agiad dynasty |
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