Plutarch, Lysander, and a Disappearing Heraclid Reform

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  • Philip John Victor Davies Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Abstract

Plutarch’s account (Lys. 24) of Lysander’s plan to open the kingship to all Spartiates and not just Heraclidae is likely his own fiction, in an attempt to rationalize conflicting sources.

Author Biography

Philip John Victor Davies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Abteilung Alte Geschichte, Historisches Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

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2018-11-28

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