abstract:Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II () (444–360 BC) was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty, ruling from approximately 400 BC to 360 BC, during most of which time he was, in Plutarch's words, "as good as thought commander and king of all Greece," and was for the whole of it greatly identified with his country's deeds and fortunes.
The textsummarizes the lifeofSpartankingAgesilausII, whom Xenophon valued greatly, consideringhim as anunsurpassedexample of all the civilandmilitaryvirtues.