Labotas

Labotas, also spelled Leobotas^[1] or Leobotes (Greek: Λαβώτας or Λεωβώτης) was the son of Echestratus and was the third king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty.^[2]

Labotas
King of Sparta
Reign	c. 870–c. 840 BC
Predecessor	Echestratus
Successor	Doryssus

Labotas led a war against the Argives because the Kynouria occupied and supposedly lived in the surrounding areas that the Perioeci had inhabited.^{[citation needed]}

According to Jerome and the Excerpta Latina Barbari he reigned 37 years. After his death, his son Doryssos inherited the throne.

Preceded by Echestratus	Agiad King of Sparta c. 870 - c. 840 BC	Succeeded by Doryssus

1. "Leobotas * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant". messagenetcommresearch.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
2. "The Kings of Sparta". www.csun.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-03.