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124:, in speaking of his death, calls him the son of Cleonymus, but he has mistaken him for his grandfather, mentioned above. Areus and Acrotatus are accused by 309: 195: 966: 810: 805: 220: 990: 100:, uncle of his father Areus. It was this, together with the disappointment of not obtaining the throne, which led Cleonymus to invite 370: 1015: 186: 959: 1020: 1010: 93: 166: 995: 112:. He succeeded his father in 265, but was killed shortly thereafter (possibly in the same year) in battle against 952: 150: 1000: 363: 304: 190: 1005: 652: 495: 890: 750: 940: 108:, and the safety of Sparta was mainly owing to the valor of Acrotatus who successfully held off the 760: 356: 379: 985: 434: 397: 330: 261: 121: 740: 775: 755: 632: 627: 113: 8: 677: 642: 587: 572: 117: 97: 770: 820: 439: 214: 162: 101: 200: 895: 500: 417: 182: 128:
of having corrupted the simplicity of Spartan manners. He was succeeded by his son
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Index

Areus I
Areus II
Greek
Agiad
King of Sparta
Areus I
Acrotatus
Chilonis
Cleonymus
Pyrrhus
Crete
Siege of Sparta
Aristodemus the Good
Megalopolis
Pausanias
Phylarchus
Areus II
"Acrotatus II (d. 262)"
ABC-CLIO
ISBN
9781610690201
Schmitz, Leonhard
"Acrotatus (2)"
Smith, William
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
the original
citation
link
Plutarch
Pausanias

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