Anaxander or Anaxandros ( grc-gre, Ἀνάξανδρος) was the 12th

Agiad The Agiad dynasty was one of the two royal families of Sparta, a powerful city-state of Ancient Greece. The Agiads were seniors to the other royal house, the Eurypontids, with whom they had an enduring rivalry. Their hypothetical founder was Agis I ...

dynasty

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...

(ruled c. 640–615 BC). He was the son of King

Eurycrates Eurycrates ( grc-gre, Εὐρυκράτης ''Eurykrates'') was the 11th Agiad dynasty king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, who was preceded by his father Polydorus followed by his son Anaxander Anaxander or Anaxandros ( grc-gre, Ἀνάξα ...

and father of King

Eurycratides Eurycratides ( grc-gre, Εὐρυκρατίδης, "wide ruler") was the thirteenth king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty. He succeeded his father Anaxander around 615 BC and reigned during a devastating period of war with Tegea. In 590 BC, Eury ...

. His grandson was King

Leon of Sparta Leon ( grc-gre, Λέων) was the 14th Agiad dynasty King of Sparta, ruling from 590 BC to 560 BC. Name ''Leon'' means "lion". The grandson of Leon had a similar name: Leonidas. Biography Leon is mentioned in the seventh book of '' The Hist ...

. Anaxander is mentioned by famous persons, including

Tyrtaeus Tyrtaeus (; grc-gre, Τυρταῖος ''Tyrtaios''; Floruit, fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greeks, Greek Elegy, elegiac poet from Sparta. He wrote at a time of two crises affecting the city: a civic unrest threatening the authority of kings and e ...

(a poet) and

Pausanias (geographer) Pausanias ( /pɔːˈseɪniəs/; grc-gre, Παυσανίας; c. 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD. He is famous for his ''Description of Greece'' (, ), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 p ...

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