Agasicle

According to Pausanias , Agasicles was the son of King Archidam I. But, based on the genealogy of Herodotus , set forth in listing the ancestors of King Leotichid , one of the forefathers of the combined Greek fleet at the Battle of Mikal , Hippocrates could be the father of Agasikles. However, according to a number of modern historians (for example, Paul Cartridge ), we are talking about non-reigning individuals from the Euripontides clan.

Agasikl lived and ruled after the Second Messenian War. According to Pausanias, during the reign of Agasikl, as well as under his father, the Spartans did not wage any wars, so they were destined to "spend their whole lives in peace."

Apparently, Agasikl was a co-ruler of Leo - a representative of another royal family - Agids . However, in this case, according to the evidence of the same Pausanias, as well as Herodotus, the Spartans during this period suffered many defeats during the hostilities against the city of Tehei , located in the southeast of Arcadia , although they "won in all other wars."

Primary sources

• Herodotus . History (I.65, VIII.131)
• Pausanias . Description of Hellas (III.3.5, III.7.6.)

Research

• Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Agasicles
• Paul Cartridge . “Sparta and Laconia: History, 1300-362. BC e. "