Doryssus
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Doryssus or Dorissus or Doriagus () was a king of ancient Sparta, who reigned for 29 years. Pausanias identified him as the son of Labotas or Leobotes and the father of Agesilaus I. He was killed in battle between the Spartans and the Argives.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Doryssus
- Royalty.succession
- King of Sparta
- Royalty.reign
- 29 years
- Royalty.predecessor
- Labotas
- Royalty.successor
- Agesilaus I
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Sparta
- Child
- Agesilaus I
- Father
- Labotas
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- time period
- classical antiquity
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of birth
- 0899-00-00
- date of death
- 0801-00-00
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Doryssus or Dorissus or Doriagus () was a king of ancient Sparta, who reigned for 29 years. Pausanias identified him as the son of Labotas or Leobotes and the father of Agesilaus I. He was killed in battle between the Spartans and the Argives.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Doryssus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.