Agiatis () (died 224 BC), was a

Sparta Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement in the Evrotas Valley, valley of Evrotas (river), Evrotas rive ...

n queen, married first to king

Agis IV Agis IV (; c. 265 BC – 241 BC), the elder son of Eudamidas II, was the 25th king of the Kings of Sparta, Eurypontid dynasty of Sparta. Posterity has reckoned him an idealistic but impractical monarch. Family background and accession Agis ...

and secondly to king

Cleomenes III Cleomenes III () was one of the two kings of Sparta from 235 BC, 235 to 222 BC. He was a member of the Agiad dynasty and succeeded his father, Leonidas II. He is known for his attempts to reform the Spartan state. From 229 to 222 BC, Cleomen ...

of Sparta.

Life

She was the daughter of the rich Spartan citizen Gilippo. Agiatis was described as a beautiful, and was the owner of a large private fortune. She firstly married king

, and actively supported his radical reforms. After the death of Agis IV, the co-king Leonidas forced her to marry his son and heir, the future Cleomenes III. Agiatis is credited with having convinced Cleomenes of the need to continue the reforms of her first husband, and to have changed his initial dislike of them. Tullia Linders (1995). Vem är vem i antikens Grekland. Rabén Prisma. When he succeeded to the throne, he introduced the reforms of her first husband. She died in 224 BC.

Issue

Eudamidas III Eudamidas III (; reigned from 241 to 228 BC), son of Agis IV and Agiatis, daughter of Gylippus, was king of Sparta and a member of the Eurypontid dynasty. When his father was murdered he had just been born. Due to his minor age he never reigned an ...

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