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Also known as Alcamenes of Sparta, Alkamenes

Alcmenes () or Alcamenes, Alkamenos, was the 9th king of Sparta of the Agiad dynasty, from 740 to 700 BC.

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Royalty.name
Alcmenes
Royalty.succession
King of Sparta
Royalty.reign
740 – 700 BC
Royalty.predecessor
Teleclus
Royalty.successor
Polydorus of Sparta

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Alcmenes () or Alcamenes, Alkamenos, was the 9th king of Sparta of the Agiad dynasty, from 740 to 700 BC.

According to Pausanias, he was a commander in the night-expedition against Ampheia, which began the First Messenian War, but died before its 4th year. In his reign Helos was taken, a place near the mouth of the Eurotas, the last independent hold of the old Achaean population, and the supposed origin of the term "helot".

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