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Herodotus Studies - 6.48-50 Darius asks for earth and water from the Greeks. Aeginetans give it. (medize) Athenians vilify them to Sparta. Clemones tries to arrest those most responsible, and is insulted by the Aeginetans, insulted and rebuffed. 6.51 - the other king, Demaratus, besides Cleomenes, maliciously attacks him while at home, and Cleomenes is in Aegina. 6.52 - the Spartan lineage of two kings, how that tradition of two kings came to be. 6.61-70 - the story of how Demaratus lost his kingship due to the plot against by Cleomenes and Leotychides.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:50:17 +0000

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