Teleclus

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Teleclus or Teleklos was a king of Sparta during the eighth century BC.

Pausanias reports that Teleclus' reign saw the conquest of Amyclae, Pharis and Geranthrae, towns of the Perioeci or "dwellers round about"[1].

Teleclus was killed during a skirmish with the Messanians during a festival at the temple of Artemis Limnatis[2], an event foreshadowing the First Messenian War.

He was succeeded by his son Alcmenes or Alkamenes.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Pausanius, tr. W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod (1918) Description of Greece. Robert Hale Ltd., London, Book 3, II, 6.
  2. ^ Pausanias, tr. W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod (1918) Description of Greece. Robert Hale Ltd., London, Book 4, IV, 1-3.

[edit] References

  • Pausanias, tr. W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod (1918) Description of Greece. Robert Hale Ltd., London.
Preceded by
Archilaus		 Agiad King of Sparta
c.760–c.740 BC		 Succeeded by
Alcmenes