Heraclids
The Spartan kings as Heracleidae claimed descent from Heracles, who through his mother was descended from Perseus. Disallowed the Peloponnesus, he embarked on a life of wandering. They became ascendant in the Eurotas valley with the Dorians, who at least in legend entered it during an invasion called the return of the Heracleidae, driving out the Atreids and at least some of the Mycenaean population.
- Aristodemos, a son of Aristomachus and husband of Argeia
- Theras (regent), a son of Autesion and the brother of Aristodemos' wife Argeia, a Cadmid of Theban descent, served as regent for his nephews, Eurysthenes and Procles.
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