Eudamidas II

Eudamidas II ( Greek Εὐδαμίδας ) was a king of Sparta from the Eurypontid dynasty in the 3rd century BC. He was a son of King Archidamos IV.

Nothing further is known about Eudamidas, his reign and his life dates; the politics of Sparta in his time were determined by the kings of the agiads . He was probably married to his aunt Agesistrata and their sons were Agis IV. And Archidamos V , of whom the former was 245 BC. At the age of twenty years he took office as king.

literature

Benedikt Niese : Eudamidas 5th In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 892 ( digitized version ).
EI McQueen: The Eurypontid House in Hellenistic Sparta. In: Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte , Vol. 39 (1990), pp. 163-181.

source

Plutarch , Agis 3, 3 and 4, 1.

predecessor	Office	successor
Archidamos IV.	King of Sparta	Agis IV.

personal data
SURNAME	Eudamidas II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Sparta
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century BC Chr.