Eurycrates
{{short description|King of Sparta}}
{{Distinguish|Eurycratides}}{{Infobox royalty
| name = Eurycrates
| succession = King of Sparta
| reign = {{circa}} 665 – 640 BC
| predecessor = Polydorus
| successor = Anaxander
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Eurycrates ({{langx|grc|Εὐρυκράτης}} Eurykrátēs, "wide rule or power") was the 11th Agiad dynasty king of the Greek city-state of Sparta,Histories[http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~sparta/topics/articles/academic/kings.htm The Spartan Royalty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219214302/http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~sparta/topics/articles/academic/kings.htm |date=2007-12-19 }} who was preceded by his father Polydorus followed by his son Anaxander.Herodotus 7.204, "(Leonides) Anaxandrides' son, Leon’s son, Eurycratides’ son, Anaxandrus’ son, Eurycrates’ son".
[http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparking.html The Kings of Sparta] He ruled from 665 to 640 BC.
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- {{wikisource-inline|Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Eurycrates I.|King Eurycrates of Sparta}}
- [http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac44 The Spartan experience: from the 8th century BC]
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Category:7th-century BC monarchs
Category:7th-century BC Spartans
Category:Agiad kings of Sparta