Eurykratidas

Eurykratidas or Eurykrates II. ( Greek Εὐρυκρατίδας Eurykratídas ), the son of Anaxandros and Leandris , was a king of Sparta from the house of the Agiads at the beginning of the 6th century BC. Chr.

Hardly anything is known about him, only that he and his son and successor Leon were defeated by the Tegeates in the war.

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Herodotus , Histories , 7, 204.
Pausanias , traveling in Greece , 3, 3, 5.
Plutarch , Apophthegmata laconica .

predecessor	Office	successor
Anaxandros	King of Sparta	Leon

personal data
SURNAME	Eurykratidas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eurykrates II .; Εὐρυκρατίδας (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Sparta
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC Chr.