Alcmenes

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Alcmenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκμένης) or Alcamenes, Alkamenos, was the 9th king of Sparta of the Agiad dynasty, from c. 740 to c. 700 BC.^[1]

Alcmenes
King of Sparta
Reign	c. 740 – 700 BC
Predecessor	Teleclus
Successor	Polydorus of Sparta

According to Pausanias, he was a commander in the night-expedition against Ampheia, which began the First Messenian War, but died before its 4th year. In his reign Helos was taken, a place near the mouth of the Eurotas, the last independent hold of the old Achaean population, and the supposed origin of the term "helot".^[2][3][4]

He succeeded his father Teleclus and was succeeded by his son Polydorus.