Agesipolis (son of Cleombrotus)

Also known as: Agesipolis · Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 13

Agesipolis was one of Cleombrotus’s two sons, alongside Cleomenes. The elder son, he “did nothing worthy of record”; after Agesipolis died, his younger brother Cleomenes succeeded him.

Relationship record

Life events

• After Agesipolis died, his younger brother Cleomenes succeeded him.(Book 3 · Chapter 6)
  • With: Cleomenes (younger son)
  • “The elder son of Cleombrotus, Agesipolis, did nothing worthy of record, and Cleomenes the younger succeeded after his brother’s death.”

Book 1 · Chapter 13

• parent: Cleombrotus (successor of Agesipolis) “And Cleombrotus had two sons Agesipolis and Cleomenes”
• siblings with Cleomenes (son of Cleombrotus) “And Cleombrotus had two sons Agesipolis and Cleomenes, and the former dying childless Cleomenes had the kingdom.”

Book 3 · Chapter 6

• parent: Cleombrotus (successor of Agesipolis) “The elder son of Cleombrotus, Agesipolis, did nothing worthy of record”
• siblings with Cleomenes (father) “The elder son of Cleombrotus, Agesipolis, did nothing worthy of record, and Cleomenes the younger succeeded after his brother’s death.”
• siblings with Cleomenes (younger son) (They are the elder and younger sons of Cleombrotus.) “The elder son of Cleombrotus, Agesipolis, did nothing worthy of record, and Cleomenes the younger succeeded after his brother’s death.”

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