Pausanias' Description of Greece

Doryssus

Family: Sparta · Role: king · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 2

In Book 3, Chapter 2, Doryssus is identified as the son of Labotas and a king of Sparta. He was succeeded by his son Agesilaus as king.

Relationship record

Book 3 · Chapter 2

  • parent: Labotas “those of this family who succeeded one another as kings, viz. Doryssus the son of Labotas and Agesilaus the son of Doryssus”
  • child: Agesilaus “those of this family who succeeded one another as kings, viz. Doryssus the son of Labotas and Agesilaus the son of Doryssus”

Book 4 · Chapter 4

  • child: Agesilaus “the son of Agesilaus, the son of Doryssus”
  • parent: Labotas “the son of Doryssus, the son of Labotas”

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