Ariston
(
Ἀρίστων), king of Sparta, 14th of the Eurypontids, son of Agesicles, contemporary of Anaxandrides, ascended the Spartan throne before B. C. 560, and died somewhat before (
Paus. 3.7), or at any rate not long after, 510.
He thus reigned about 50 years, and was of high reputation, of which the public prayer for a son for him, when the house of Procles had other representatives, is a testimony. Demaratus, hence named, was borne him, after two barren marriages, by a third wife, whom he obtained, it is said, by a fraud from her husband, his friend, Agetus. (
Hdt. 1.65,
6.61-
66 ;
Paus. 3.7.7; Plut.
Apophth. Lac.)
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