Polydectes (Ancient Greek: Πολυδέκτης; reigned from c. 835 to c. 805 BC) was king of Sparta and a member of the Eurypontid dynasty. He was succeeded by...
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For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in...
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BC) was king of Sparta and a member of the Eurypontid dynasty. He was succeeded by Polydectes. Forrest, W. G. (1968). A History of Sparta. London: Hutchinson...
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Perseus (category Children of Zeus)
beautiful Danaë. Perseus believed Polydectes was less than honorable, and protected his mother from him; then Polydectes plotted to send Perseus away in...
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BC—End of the reign of Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC. 800 BC—Beginning of the reign of Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC. 800 BC—Emergence of the...
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Eurypon (category Eurypontid kings of Sparta)
Arcadians of Mantineia under his command. He was succeeded by his son Prytanis, the father of Polydectes, in turn father of Eunomus (father of Charilaus)...
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Polydamna Polydectes Polydectes of Sparta Polydorus Polydorus of Sparta Polydorus of Thebes Polydorus of Troy Polydorus (son of Astyanax) Polygnotos (vase...
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Charilaus (category Eurypontid kings of Sparta)
earliest times of Sparta, in the 10th or 9th centuries. According to Pausanias, Charilaus was the successor of his father Polydectes. Charilaus is best...
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Poseidon (redirect from God Of The Seas)
"Hippocrateia" and at Sparta he had a temple near an Hippodrome. In Onchestos of Boeotia horseracing was a part of the athletic games in honour of the god. Poseidon...
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of Sparta Agesilaus II – King of Sparta Agesipolis I – King of Sparta Agesipolis II – King of Sparta Agesipolis III – King of Sparta Agis I – King of...
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Great Rhetra (category Government of Sparta)
was the younger son of the Eurypontid king, Eunomus. He was thus passed over for the throne in favor of his brother, Polydectes, but the latter died...
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Gorgons (redirect from Head of Gorgon)
According to Apollodorus' version of their story, Perseus was ordered by Polydectes (his enemy) to bring back the head of Medusa. So guided by Hermes and...
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Prytanis (c.860–830 BC) Polydectes (c.830–800 BC) David Noel Freedman; Allen C. Myers (31 December 2000). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University...
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Acrisius (redirect from Acrisius of Argos)
washing up on the island of Seriphos. A fisherman named Dictys, brother of King Polydectes, finds the pair and takes care of them. Perseus grows up to...
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Danaë (category Mortal women of Zeus)
in by the fisherman Dictys—the brother of King Polydectes—who raised Perseus to manhood in the temple of Athena. The King was charmed by Danaë, but she...
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This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where...
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(723–713 BC) Leocrates, Decennial Archon (713–703 BC) Sparta: Eurypontid dynasty (complete list) – Polydectes, King (c.830–800 BC) Eunomus, King (c.800–780 BC)...
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hearing of the prophecy. In still others, Acrisius is one of the wedding guests when Polydectes tries to force Danaë to marry him, and is accidentally killed...
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