Agis I.

Agis I. (Greek Ἆγις ) was in Greek mythology as the eponymous ancestor and second king of the Spartan royal house of Agiaden. His father was Eurysthenes, his son Echestratos. He is also known as the father of the legendary Spartan legislator Lycurgus.

Although his father was the real ancestor of the dynasty, it was named after Agis. Strabo explains the fact that Eurysthenes was considered a foreign invader and only Agis was accepted as a born Spartiate. It should be according to legend, the initiator of the Spartan social system together with the submission of the Helots ( Helots ) and the Perioeci ( Perioikie ), but this is to be regarded as fiction.

During his reign Patreus to have founded together with Lacedaemonian settlers Patras and grass, the son of Echelas to the Aeolian colony have settled.

According to Jerome, he reigned for only one year. The Excerpta Latina Barbari attributes to him two years of the reign.