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Page 69
... ephors how- ever endeavoured to soothe his disappointment by high honours and important military commands3 , and when an application was made by the Tarentines for a Spartan general to conduct their war against the Lucanians , he was ...
... ephors how- ever endeavoured to soothe his disappointment by high honours and important military commands3 , and when an application was made by the Tarentines for a Spartan general to conduct their war against the Lucanians , he was ...
Page 117
... ephors to claim assist- ance2 ; and , from causes which will be hereafter ex- plained , there was a general disposition at Sparta , independent of any apprehension of danger , to comply with his requisition . The young king , Agis IV ...
... ephors to claim assist- ance2 ; and , from causes which will be hereafter ex- plained , there was a general disposition at Sparta , independent of any apprehension of danger , to comply with his requisition . The young king , Agis IV ...
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... ephor named Epitadeus , a man , it is said , of great influence , and of a stern , imperious character , who having been displeased by his son , wished to de- prive him of his patrimony . The anecdote is of course much less certain than ...
... ephor named Epitadeus , a man , it is said , of great influence , and of a stern , imperious character , who having been displeased by his son , wished to de- prive him of his patrimony . The anecdote is of course much less certain than ...
Page 138
... ephors . He then proceeded to introduce a rhetra , which comprehended his whole plan of reform . All debts were to be cancelled : the whole territory to be divided into two parts : one , com- prising the vale of Sparta and some adjacent ...
... ephors . He then proceeded to introduce a rhetra , which comprehended his whole plan of reform . All debts were to be cancelled : the whole territory to be divided into two parts : one , com- prising the vale of Sparta and some adjacent ...
Page 141
... ephors they were able to fill the board with their own adherents . The new ephors immediately took Leonidas under their protection , and impeached Ly- sander and Mandrocleidas as the authors of illegal and revolutionary measures . It ...
... ephors they were able to fill the board with their own adherents . The new ephors immediately took Leonidas under their protection , and impeached Ly- sander and Mandrocleidas as the authors of illegal and revolutionary measures . It ...
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