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Eurysthenes

Background

Eurysthenes (Greek: Εὐρυσθένης) was a descendant of the Spartan king Demaratus. After his deposition in 491 BC Demaratus had fled to Persia, where king Darius I made him ruler of the cities of Pergamon, Teuthrania and Halisarna. About a hundred years later Eurysthenes and his brother Procles reigned over the same cities; their joint rule is at least attested for the year 399 BC.

References

Xenophon, Hellenika 3.1.6

Benedikt Niese: Eurysthenes 4). In: Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Vol. VI, 1 (1907), col. 1353-1354.