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'''Ariston''' ('Αριστων) was a [[king of Sparta]], 14th of the [[Eurypontid]]s, son of [[Agesicles]], contemporary of [[Anaxandridas II|Anaxandrides]].

He ascended the Spartan throne before [[560 BC]], and died somewhat before ([[Pausanius|Paus.]] iii. 7), or at any rate not long after, [[510 BC]]. He thus reigned about 50 years, and was of high reputation, of which the public prayer for a son for him, when the house of [[Procles]] had other representatives, is a testimony.

[[Demaratus]], hence named, was borne him, after two barren marriages, by a third wife, whom he obtained, it is said, by a fraud from her husband, his friend, [[Agetus]]. ([[Herodotus|Herod.]] i. 65, vi. 61-66; Paus. iii. 7.§7; [[Plutarch|Plut.]] ''Apophth. Lac.'')
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''This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).''

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