Ariston of Sparta

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

Ariston ascended the Spartan throne around 550 BC, and died around 515 BC.^[1] He was a highly regarded king, as evidenced by a public prayer for him to have a son, when the house of Procles had other representatives.

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

References

^ Pausanias iii. 7
^ 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

[1] Pausanias iii. 7

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

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