• adopted a pro-Achaea policy based on diplomacy. Anaxandridas was succeeded by Cleomenes I. Anaxandridas was the son of Leon, who reigned during the first...
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    after Cleomenes' birth, Anaxandridas' first wife also gave birth to a son, Dorieus. Leonidas was the second son of Anaxandridas' first wife, and either...
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  • Anaxandridas (Greek: Ἀναξανδρίδας) may refer to: Anaxandridas I, king of Sparta from c. 675 to c. 645 BC Anaxandridas II, king of Sparta between 560 and...
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    615 to c.590. Leon, son of Eurycratides, king from c.590 to c.560. Anaxandridas II, son of Leon, king from c.560 to 524. He was married to his niece,...
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  • that the line of Eurysthenes would expire, asked Anaxandridas to divorce his wife and remarry. Anaxandridas refused and the Ephors then proposed that he take...
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  • son of King Leonidas I and Queen Gorgo. His grandparents were Kings Anaxandridas II and Cleomenes I. He was born from an avunculate marriage – his parents...
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    and grandson of Anaxander. He was succeeded on the throne by his son Anaxandridas II, who managed to defeat Tegea. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert...
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    Greeks assembled at the festival. One of his descendants married king Anaxandridas II of Sparta and had a son with him, king Cleomenes I. Chilon of Sparta...
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  • having corrupted the Oracle of Delphi in 491. Cleomenes was the son of Anaxandridas II, who belonged to the Agiad dynasty, one of the two royal families of...
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  • China but dies before the end of the year 520 BC: Cleomenes I succeeds Anaxandridas II as King of Sparta (approximate date) 519 BC: King Jing of Zhou becomes...
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  • this authority to force King Anaxandridas II to change his conjugal arrangements to their advantage. King Anaxandridas' wife was barren but he refused...
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  • Eurycratides was succeeded by his son Leon ("lion"). His grandson was King Anaxandridas II. Totius latinitatis lexicon: C-E (1861) by Egidio Forcellini, Vincenzo...
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  • Cynurensian bandits were common in the lands. Or Labotes, Leobotes. Agesilaus II, distinguished king of Sparta, being asked which was the greater virtue, valor...
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  • between 480 and 479 BC. He was a member of the Agiad dynasty, the son of Anaxandridas II and the brother of Cleomenes I, Dorieus and of Leonidas I. When the...
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  • Menamus, Agesilaus, Hippocratides, Leotychides, Anaxilaus, Archidamos, Anaxandridas I and Theopompus) and came to power in 491 BC with the help of the Agiad...
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  • the Spartans practiced polygyny. Herodotus says that the bigamy of Anaxandridas II, who married a second wife because his first had not been able to produce...
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  • King of Sparta Anaxandra – female artist of Sicyon Anaxandridas I – King of Sparta Anaxandridas II – King of Sparta Anaxandrides – philosopher Anaxarchus...
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    principle, and to prevent the end of the family line, Spartan King Anaxandridas II was allowed to live with two wives. He kept two separate establishments:...
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  • Euryanax becoming king, Leonidas I, the son of the previous king, Anaxandridas II became the successor to the throne. There is speculation surrounding...
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    Tegeatae; but in the following generation, in the time of their king Anaxandridas II, the Spartans, having obtained possession of the bones of Orestes in...
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  • Anaxagoras (mythology) Anaxagoras of Aegina Anaxander Anaxandra Anaxandridas I Anaxandridas II Anaxandrides Anaxarchus Anaxibia Anaxibius Anaxidamus Anaxilas...
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  • sailed away to Cyrene; and, when Dorieus, the Spartan prince, son of Anaxandridas II, set forth from the Libyan coast, on his Sicilian expedition, Philippus...
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  • China but dies before the end of the year. 520 BC—Cleomenes I succeeds Anaxandridas as king of Sparta (approximate date). c. 520 BC—Darius I decrees that...
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  • fields in the hands of the helots rather than cultivate them themselves, Anaxandridas explained, "It was not by taking care of the fields, but of ourselves...
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  • Eurypontid dynasty (complete list) – Theopompus, King (c.725–675 BC) Anaxandridas I (c.675–645 BC) Zeuxidamas (c.645–625 BC) Anaxidamus (c.625–600 BC)...
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  • story of his early days as king. 40 years prior, Leonidas's father, Anaxandridas, exiled his own brother, Demaratus, and seized the throne, leading Sparta...
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    Plutarch, /main.html Apophthegmata Laconica, section "Leonidas, son of Anaxandridas", saying 6, Vol. III of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1931 "Herodotus...
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  • 10th of the Eurypontid dynasty. He was grandson of Theopompus, son of Anaxandridas I, and father of Anaxidamus, who succeeded him. A son of Leotychides...
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