Eurycratides
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|succession=King of Sparta| reign = 615–590 BC
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Eurycratides ({{langx|grc|Εὐρυκρατίδης}}, meaning "descendant of Eurycrates") was the thirteenth king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty.Totius latinitatis lexicon: C-E (1861) by Egidio Forcellini, Vincenzo de Vit and Giuseppe Furlanetto He succeeded his father AnaxanderPlutarch’s Morals, Volume 1 around 615 BC and reigned during a devastating period of war with Tegea.Herodotus 1.65.Ancient History: A Revised Chronology, Volume 1 by Anthony Lyle
In 590 BC, Eurycratides was succeeded by his son Leon ("lion").Herodotus 7.204, "(Leonides) Anaxandrides' son, Leon’s son, Eurycratides’ son, Anaxandrus’ son, Eurycrates’ son". His grandson was King Anaxandridas II.
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- {{wikisource-inline|Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Eurycrates II.|King Eurycratides of Sparta}}
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