Agesilaus II

AGESILAUS II., king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid family,

was the son of Archidamus II and Eupolia, and younger

step-brother of Agis II, whom he succeeded about 401 B.C.

Agis had, indeed, a son Leotychides, but he was set aside as

illegitimate, current rumour representing him as the son of

Alcibiades. Agesilaus' success was largely due to Lysander,

who hoped to find in him a willing tool for the furtherance

of his political designs.