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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Legendary figure in the GENEALOGY of the Spartan kings. Aristomachus was a great‐grandson of HERACLES and grandfather of the two kings who gave their names to the Spartan royal houses (Agis and EURYP(H)ON). In the MYTH of the “Return of the HERACLEIDAE,” Aristomachus misunderstood an ORACLE and failed in his attempt to conquer the PELOPONNESE (Apollod. Bibl. 2.8.2; Paus. 2.7.6). Herodotus mentions his name only in the genealogies he provides for ARISTODEMUS SON OF ARISTOMACHUS (6.52.1), LEONIDAS (7.204), and LEOTYCHIDES II (8.131.2).

SEE ALSO: Agis son of Eurysthenes; Sparta