(), king of Sparta, 14th of the Eurypontids, son
of Agesicles, contemporary of Anaxandrides, ascended the Spartan throne before B. C. 560, and died somewhat before (Paus.
3.7), or at any rate not long after, 510. He thus reigned about 50 years, and was of
high reputation, of which the public prayer for a son for him, when the house of Procles had
other representatives, is a testimony. Demaratus, hence named, was borne him, after two barren
marriages, by a third wife, whom he obtained, it is said, by a fraud from her husband, his
friend, Agetus. (Hdt. 1.65, 6.61-66 ; Paus. 3.7.7; Plut. Apophth. Lac.)