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The various nations had each captains of their own under whom they
served; but the one to whom all especially looked up, and who had the
command of the entire force, was the Lacedaemonian, Leonidas. Now
Leonidas was the son of Anaxandridas, who was the son of Leo, who
was the son of Eurycratidas, who was the son of Anaxander, who was
the son of Eurycrates, who was the son of Polydorus, who was the son
of Alcamenes, who was the son of Telecles, who was the son of
Archelaus, who was the son of Agesilaus, who was the son of
Doryssus, who was the son of Labotas, who was the son of
Echestratus, who was the son of Agis, who was the son of
Eurysthenes, who was the son of Aristodemus, who was the son of
Aristomachus, who was the son of Cleodaeus, who was the son of
Hyllus, who was the son of Hercules.
Leonidas had come to be king of Sparta quite unexpectedly.
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