Eurypontid house
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The Eurypontid house was one of the two royal dynasties of ancient Sparta, traditionally traced back to King Eurypontus and ruling alongside the Agiad line.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spartan royal dynasty
ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolity | Lacedaemon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coexistedWith | Agiad house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coRuledWith | Agiad kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Herodotus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticStructure | one of two Spartan royal lines ⓘ |
| endOfPower | decline with loss of Spartan independence in Hellenistic era ⓘ |
| governanceType | hereditary kingship ⓘ |
| governmentBranch |
executive power in Sparta
ⓘ
religious authority in Sparta ⓘ |
| hasNotableKing |
King Agesilaus II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Agis II NERFINISHED ⓘ King Agis III NERFINISHED ⓘ King Archidamus II NERFINISHED ⓘ King Archidamus III NERFINISHED ⓘ King Cleomenes III NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycurgus (traditional lawgiver, sometimes linked to Eurypontids) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
judicial authority
ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ religious leadership ⓘ |
| language | Doric Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ancient Greece
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laconia NERFINISHED ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ |
| militaryFunction | command of Spartan armies (shared with Agiads) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eurypontus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfKings | one of two simultaneous Spartan kings ⓘ |
| originLegend | Eurypontus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Spartan constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | leading aristocratic family in Sparta ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | Spartan diarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sharesDiarchyWith | Agiad house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successionRule | patrilineal succession ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAncestry | Heraclid descent (mythical) ⓘ |
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