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Labotas

Labotas, also spelled Leobotas or Leobotes was the son of Echestratus and was the third king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty.

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Labotas
King of Sparta
Reignc. 870c. 840 BC
PredecessorEchestratus
SuccessorDoryssus

Labotas, also spelled Leobotas1 or Leobotes (Greek: Λαβώτας or Λεωβώτης) was the son of Echestratus and was the third king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty.2

Labotas led a war against the Argives because the Kynouria occupied and supposedly lived in the surrounding areas that the Perioeci had inhabited.

According to Jerome and the Excerpta Latina Barbari he reigned 37 years. After his death, his son Doryssos inherited the throne.

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  1. "Leobotas * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant". messagenetcommresearch.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  2. "The Kings of Sparta". www.csun.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-03.