| Alcmenes | |
|---|---|
| King of Sparta | |
| Reign | c. 740 – 700 BC |
| Predecessor | Teleclus |
| Successor | Polydorus of Sparta |
Alcmenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκμένης) or Alcamenes, Alkamenos, was the 9th king of Sparta of the Agiad dynasty, from c. 740 to c. 700 BC.1
According to Pausanias, he was a commander in the night-expedition against Ampheia, which began the First Messenian War, but died before its 4th year. In his reign Helos was taken, a place near the mouth of the Eurotas, the last independent hold of the old Achaean population, and the supposed origin of the term "helot".234
He succeeded his father Teleclus and was succeeded by his son Polydorus.
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References
- Clough, Arthur Hugh (1867). "Alcamenes". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 96. Archived from the original on 2011-01-11.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 2. § 7, iv. 4. § 3, 5. § 3
- Herodotus, vii. 204
- Plutarch, Apophth. Lac.