Agis IV



Agis IV (Greek: Ἄγις; c. 265 – 241 BC), the elder son of Eudamidas II, was the 24th king of the Eurypontid dynasty of Sparta.

Quotes

 * Weep not for me: suffering, as I do, unjustly, I am in a happier case than my murderers.
 * To one of his executioners, whom he noticed weeping, as quoted in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1844) by WIlliam Smith, p. 73.