Doryssus

Doryssos ( altgr. Δόρυσσος = spear- brandishing; Latin Doryssus or Dorysthus ) was in Greek mythology the son of Labotas and the fifth king of Sparta from the House of Agiaden.

After the death of his father he succeeded to the throne and, according to Pausanias, who ruled only briefly. However, according to Jerome and the Excerpta Latina Barbari he reigned 29 years. His successor was his son Agesilaus I..

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  • Herodotus, Histories, 7, 204
  • Jerome, Chronicon
  • Pausanias, traveling in Greece, 3, 2, 4; 4, 4, 2
  • Mythological King (Sparta )
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