Charilaus

Charilaus, also given as Charillus, was a king of Sparta in the early-mid 8th century BC. He is generally shown as the successor of his grandfather Polydectes, though Pausanias implies that Charilaus' father Eunomus preceded Charilaus.¹

Charilaus is perhaps best known as the ward, pupil, and nephew of the Spartan reformer Lycurgus.² During his reign, the Spartans are purported to have invaded Argolis. The long-standing hostility with Tegea is also believed to date from Charilaus' reign.³

Charilaus was succeeded by his son Nicander, the father of Theopompus.

Notes

^ Pausanias, tr. W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod (1918) Description of Greece. Robert Hale Ltd., London, Book 3, VII, 2.
^ Plutarch, Lives: Lycurgus.
^ Pausanias, tr. W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod (1918) Description of Greece. Robert Hale Ltd., London, Book 3, VII, 3.

References

Pausanias, Description of Greece
Plutarch, Lives: Lycurgus

External links

Plutarch on Lycurgus

Preceded by Eunomus	Eurypontid King of Sparta c. 780–c. 750	Succeeded by Nicander

[1] Pausanias, tr. W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod (1918) Description of Greece. Robert Hale Ltd., London, Book 3, VII, 2.

[2] Plutarch, Lives: Lycurgus.

[3] Pausanias, tr. W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod (1918) Description of Greece. Robert Hale Ltd., London, Book 3, VII, 3.

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