Charilāus

and Char ill us , a son of Polydectes king of Sparta, educated and protected by his uncle Lycurgus. He made war against Argos, and attacked Tegea. He was taken prisoner, and released on promising that he would cease from war, an engagement which he soon broke. He died in the 64th year of his age. Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 36 ; bk. 6 , ch. 48 .――A Spartan who changed the monarchical power into an aristocracy. Aristotle , Politics , bk. 5 , ch. 12 .