Agasicles

For the flea beetle genus, see Agasicles (beetle).

Agasicles, alternatively spelled Agesicles or Hegesicles (Ancient Greek: Ἀγασικλῆς, Ἀγησικλῆς, Ἡγησικλῆς), was a king of Sparta, the 13th of the line of Procles.

Son of Archidamus I,[1] he was contemporary with the Agiad Leon, and succeeded his father, probably about 590 BC or 600. During his reign the Lacedaemonians carried on an unsuccessful war against Tegea, but prospered in their other wars. (Herod. i. 65; Paus. iii. 7, § 6, 3. §. 5.) He was succeeded by his son Ariston.

Notes

  1. ^ Louis Moréri (1732), Le grand dictionnaire historique: ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane qui contient en abrégé l'histoire fabuleuse des Dieux et des Héros de l'Antiquité Payenne, les vies et les actions remarquables des Patriarches ..., l'établissement et le progrès des Ordres Religieux et Militaires et la vie de leurs Fondateurs, les généalogies ..., la description des Empires Royaumes ..., l'histoire des conciles généraux et particuliers sous le nom des lieux où ils ont été tenus ..., Volume 4 (Google eBook) Retrieved 2011-12-03

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agasicles". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Preceded by Eurypontid King of Sparta
c. 575 – c. 550 BC 		Succeeded by

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