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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. 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alcmenes is the 13,543rd most popular politician (down from 12,129th in 2019), the 685th most popular biography from Greece (down from 611th in 2019) and the 297th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alcmenes ranks 13,543 out of 19,576Before him are Calixto García, Ecgfrith of Mercia, William J. Donovan, Agum III, Rachel Cohen-Kagan, and Laodice V. After him are Karl Schenk, Robert of Chester, King Weilie of Zhou, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and Michele Morosini.

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Among people born in Greece, Alcmenes ranks 685 out of 1,024Before him are Corinna (-501), Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (1863), Spyridon Chazapis (1872), Antonios Kriezis (1796), Yiannis Kouros (1956), and Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868). After him are Andreas Metaxas (1786), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Anaxandridas I (-650), Nicander of Sparta (null), Georgios Rallis (1918), and Ioannis Persakis (1877).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Alcmenes ranks 297Before him are Panagis Tsaldaris (1868), Dimitrios Voulgaris (1803), Mohamed Sherif Pasha (1826), Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (1863), Spyridon Chazapis (1872), and Antonios Kriezis (1796). After him are Andreas Metaxas (1786), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Anaxandridas I (-650), Nicander of Sparta (null), Georgios Rallis (1918), and Dimitrios Rallis (1844).