Agiatis Explained

Agiatis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀγιᾶτις) (died 224 BC), was a Spartan queen, married first to king Agis IV and secondly to king Cleomenes III of Sparta.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Life

She was the daughter of the rich Spartan citizen Gilippo.^[5]

Agiatis was described as a beautiful, and was the owner of a large private fortune. She firstly married king Agis IV, 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.^[6] When he succeeded to the throne, he introduced the reforms of her first husband. She died in 224 BC.

Issue

• Eudamidas III

Notes and References

1. [Tullia Linders]
2. Web site: Agiatis, Queen of Sparta, or, The civil wars of the Lacedemonians: in the reigns of the Kings Agis and Leonidas: in two parts . Vaumoriere . 1686 . catalogue.nla.gov.au . . 2019-11-22.
3. Web site: Family tree of Agiatis (Queen) of SPARTA, De Sparte . Geneanet . Geneanet . 2019-11-22.
4. Web site: The Island Princess, Or The Generous Portuguese: Made Into an Opera. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal . 1699 . Google books . Richard Wellington, at the Lute in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and sold . 2019-11-22.
5. Plutarco, Vita di Cleomene, 1.
6. [Tullia Linders]