Acrotatus (son of Areus)

Also known as: Acrotatus · Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: son of Areus · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 6

In Book 3, Chapter 6, Acrotatus is identified as the son of Areus and the father of Areus, whose son died at eight. After his death, Leonidas became king as the only surviving male of the family of Eurysthenes.

Relationship record

Life events

• After the young Areus died, Leonidas became king as the family's only surviving male.(Book 3 · Chapter 6)
  • With: Areus (son of Acrotatus) Leonidas
  • “And Areus had a son Acrotatus, and he had a son Areus, who was only 8 when he fell sick and died. And as now Leonidas was the only male left of the family of Eurysthenes, though quite an old man, the Lacedæmonians made him king.”

Book 3 · Chapter 6

• child: Areus (son of Acrotatus, grandson of Areus) “And Areus had a son Acrotatus, and he had a son Areus”
• parent: Areus (son of Acrotatus) “And Areus had a son Acrotatus, and he had a son Areus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.