A man sharing his name fled after an ephor announced a sign from the gods favoring the reforms of his co-regent Agis IV.
A man sharing his name fled after an ephor announced a sign from the gods favoring the reforms of his co-regent Agis IV. This man's father saved the city of Sicyon from the tyrant Aeschynus. His father-in-law went insane, and was arrested and executed for plotting against Damartius. His father-in-law, Cleomenes I, was also his half-brother by his father, Ananaxdridas II. He replied "Molon Labe!," meaning "Come and get them," following his enemy's demand for unilateral disarmament. FTP name this husband of Gorgo and 17th Agiad king of Sparta who died fighting at Thermopylae.
A man sharing his name fled after an ephor announced a sign from the gods favoring the reforms of his co-regent Agis IV.
{Leonidas} I