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Anaxander

Anaxander or Anaxandros was the 12th Agiad King of Sparta.

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Anaxander
King of Sparta
Reign640 – 615 BC
PredecessorEurycrates
SuccessorEurycratides
IssueKing Eurycratides of Sparta
FatherKing Eurycrates of Sparta1
MotherConsort of Eurycrates2

Anaxander or Anaxandros (Ancient Greek: Ἀνάξανδρος) was the 12th Agiad King of Sparta34 (ruled c. 640–615 BC).5

He was the son of King Eurycrates6 and father of King Eurycratides.

His grandson was King Leon of Sparta.78

Anaxander is mentioned by famous persons, including Tyrtaeus (a poet) and Pausanias (geographer).9

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  1. Totius latinitatis lexicon: C-E (1861) by Egidio Forcellini, Vincenzo de Vit and Giuseppe Furlanetto
  2. Herodotus 7.204, "(Leonides) Anaxandrides' son, Leon's son, Eurycratides' son, Anaxandrus' son, Eurycrates' son".
  3. "Anaxander King of Sparta". Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
  4. Plutarch’s Morals, Volume 1
  5. Kings of Sparta
  6. Family tree of king Anaxander
  7. Herodotus 1.65.
  8. Ancient History: A Revised Chronology, Volume 1 by Anthony Lyle
  9. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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