Labotas Explained

Labotas
Succession:King of Sparta
Reign:c. 870-c. 840 BC
Predecessor:Echestratus
Successor:Doryssus

Labotas, also spelled Leobotas[1] or Leobotes (Greek: Λαβώτας or Λεωβώτης) was the son of Echestratus and was the third king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty.[2]

Labotas led a war against the Argives because the Kynouria occupied and supposedly lived in the surrounding areas that the Perioeci had inhabited.

According to Jerome and the Excerpta Latina Barbari he reigned 37 years. After his death, his son Doryssos inherited the throne.

  1. Web site: Leobotas * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant . 2024-10-03 . messagenetcommresearch.com.
  2. Web site: The Kings of Sparta . 2024-10-03 . www.csun.edu.