Agis I.
Agis I ( Greek Ἆγις Ágis ) was considered in Greek mythology as an eponymous ancestor and second king of the Spartan royal house of the Agiads . His father was Eurysthenes , his son Echestratus . He is also known as the father of the legendary Spartan legislature Lycurgus .
Although his father was the actual ancestor of the dynasty, it was named after Agis. Strabo explains this with the fact that Eurysthenes was considered a foreign intruder and only Agis was accepted as a born Spartiate. According to legend, he is the initiator of the Spartan social system including the submission of the Helots (Helotie) and the Periöken (Perioikie) , but this is to be regarded as fiction.
During his reign, Patreus is said to have founded Patras together with Lacedaemonian settlers and Gras , the son of Echelas , is said to have settled the colony of Aeolia .
He ruled only one year after Jerome. The Excerpta Latina Barbari attributes two years of government to him.
literature
- Benedikt Niese : Agis 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 816 f.
- Karl-Wilhelm Welwei : Agis I . In: The New Pauly . Vol. 1, 1996, Col. 258.
supporting documents
- ↑ Herodotus 7, 204; Pausanias 3, 2, 1 - 2.
- ↑ Herodotus 1:54
- ^ Strabo , Geographica , 366.
- ↑ Ephoros , FGrH 79 F 117.
- ↑ Hieronymus , Merton manuscript, p 58r (tertullian.org: Jerome, Chronicon - The Merton manuscript , accessed August 20, 2010)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Eurysthenes | King of Sparta | Echestratos |