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Sparta. A second asserts that he died before taking possession and that the
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312:, also a classical scholar, the ten kings reigned an average of 38 years each, which can be used as an estimator of the dates. Eurysthenes would have ruled in 1104–1066 BC, with an unknown margin of error, as much of the data is relatively uncertain.
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16:Mythical king of Sparta
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94:Aristodemus
53:Aristodemus
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29:Eurysthenes
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205:, and the
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176:Thersander
152:Lacedaemon
120:Εὐρυσθένης
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1003:Demaratus
993:Agasicles
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890:Eucleidas
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673:Tisamenus
647:Hippocoon
642:Tyndareus
456:, 4.13.7.
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247:Naupactus
168:Tisamenus
166:defeated
84:Heraclids
60:Successor
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1068:Lycurgus
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948:Nicander
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870:Areus II
760:Alcmenes
755:Teleclus
740:Doryssus
701:(regent)
663:Menelaus
632:Perieres
627:Cynortas
568:Lelegids
359:(1867).
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207:Aetolian
144:Autesion
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1018:Agis II
998:Ariston
938:Eunomus
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668:Orestes
656:Atreids
637:Oebalus
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617:Amyclas
585:Eurotas
367:(ed.).
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235:Arcadia
211:Temenus
203:Dorians
160:Temenus
148:Procles
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70:Consort
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561:Sparta
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239:Oxylus
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154:after
124:Sparta
100:Mother
90:Father
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