Echestratus

Echestratos (Greek Ἐχέστρατος, Heerbeherrscher; Latin Archestratus ) In Greek mythology, the son of Agis I and the third king of Sparta from the House of Agiaden.

Echestratos led war against the Kynoureer that are descendants of Kynouros, and banished all able-bodied men, as they repeatedly made ​​forays into the allied Argolic country.

After Hieronymus he reigned 35 years. The Excerpta Latina Barbari attributes to him 34 years of rule. After his death, his son Labotas ascended the throne.

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