(Ancient Greek: Εὐρυκράτης Eurykrátēs, "wide rule or power") was the 11th Agiad dynasty king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, who was preceded by his father Polydorus followed by his son Anaxander. He ruled from 665 to 640 BC.He married to an athenian woman Hesperis of Athens after battle of hysia. She given birth to his three children including his heir Anaxander.According to the ancient Greek geographer Pausanias in his Description of Greece, the reign of the Spartan king Eurycrates was defined by a rare period of political and military stability.neither did any trouble befall from the Argive people".Eurycrates maintained order through an iron-fisted, systemic oppression designed to prevent the helots from organizing
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- mythological king of Sparta
