Echestratus
King of Sparta
Reignc. 900 – 870 BC
PredecessorAgis I
SuccessorLabotas

Echestratus (Greek: Ἐχέστρατος) was a King of ancient Sparta from about 900 to 870 BC.[citation needed] He was a son of king Agis I, and third of the Agiad line of Spartan kings.

In his reign Sparta gained control of the district of Cynuria on the Argive border. He was the father of Labotas or Leobotes, king of Sparta.[1] His grandson was Doryssus.

Notes

  1. ^ Pausanias iii. 2. § 2; Herodotus vii. 204.

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Preceded byAgis I Agiad King of Sparta c. 900 - c. 870 BC Succeeded byLabotas
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