Ariston of Sparta

Ariston (Greek: Ἀρίστων) was a king of Sparta, 14th of the Eurypontids, son of Agasicles, contemporary of Anaxandrides.

Ariston ascended the Spartan throne around 550 BC, and died somewhat before[1] 510. He thus reigned over 30 years and was highly regarded, as evidenced by a public prayer for him to have a son, when the house of Procles had other representatives.

A son, Demaratus, was born, after two barren marriages, by Ariston's third wife, whom he obtained, it was said, by a fraud from her husband, his friend, Agetus.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pausanias iii. 7
  2. ↑ Herodotus i. 65, vi. 61-66; Pausanias iii. 7.§7; Plutarch Apophth. Lac.

Sources

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ariston of Sparta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Preceded by
Agasicles		 Eurypontid King of Sparta
c. 550 – c. 515 BC		 Succeeded by
Demaratus
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