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Echestratus

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Echestratus
King of Sparta
Reignc. 900 – 870 BC
PredecessorAgis I
SuccessorLabotas
King of Sparta from c. 900 to c. 870 BC

Echestratus (Ancient Greek: Ἐχέστρατος) was a King of ancient Sparta from about 900 to 870 BC.[citation needed ] He was a son of king Agis I, and third of the Agiad line of Spartan kings.

In his reign Sparta gained control of the district of Cynuria on the Argive border. He was the father of Labotas or Leobotes, king of Sparta.[1] His grandson was Doryssus.

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  1. ^ Pausanias iii. 2. § 2; Herodotus vii. 204.

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Preceded by Agiad King of Sparta
c. 900 - c. 870 BC Succeeded by
Lelegids
Lacedaemonids
Atreids
Early Heraclids
Heraclids
Agiad dynasty
Heraclids
Eurypontid dynasty
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