– king Agis I – king Agis II – king Chilon – philosopher Chionis (7th century BC) – athlete Clearchus of Sparta – mercenary in the army of the Ten Thousand...
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Peloponnesian League (category Sparta)
transferred from Tegea to Sparta. This new diplomacy was likely sponsored by Chilon, ephor c.556, who therefore enabled Sparta to present itself as the...
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deprived boys of food, sleep, and shelter. It involved cultivating loyalty to Sparta through military training (e.g., pain tolerance), hunting, dancing, singing...
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Ruler-Cult. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Bengtson, H. (1977). Griechische Geschichte von den Anfängen bis in die römische Kaiserzeit. C.H.Beck. Billows, R.A. (1995)...
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which makes me doubt whether my conduct was not criminal.": 131–132 — Chilon of Sparta, philosopher (6th century BCE), speaking to his friends before his...
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