Acrotatus II

Acrotatus II

Acrotatus (d.262 BC) was King of Sparta from 265 to 262 BC. He was the son of Areus I, and grandson of Acrotatus I.

He had unlawful intercourse with Chelidonis, the young wife of Cleonymus, uncle of his father Areus. It was this, together with the disappointment of not obtaining the throne, which led Cleonymus to invite Pyrrhus to Sparta in 272 BC. Areus was then absent in Crete, and the safety of Sparta was mainly owing to the valor of Acrotatus. He succeeded his father in 265 BC, but was killed shortly thereafter (possibly in the same year) in battle against Aristodemus, the tyrant of Megalopolis. [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Acrotatus (2)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 16
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0025.html ] Pausanias, in speaking of his death, calls him the son of Cleonymus, but he has mistaken him for his grandfather, mentioned above. [Plutarch, "Life of Pyrrhus" 26-28] ["Agis", 3] [Pausanias, iii. 6. § 3, viii. 27. § 8, 30. § 3] Areus and Acrotatus are accused by Phylarchus of having corrupted the simplicity of Spartan manners. [Phylarchus, "ap. Athen." iv. p. 142, b]

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