Heroes, Politics, and the Problem of Ethnicity in Archaic and Classical Sparta
As Sparta was a Dorian polis, many of its heroic cults have been interpreted as part of Sparta’s so-called ‘Achaian’ policy, which introduced Achaian heroes in order to legitimise its territorial claims in the Peloponnese. This article reviews the topic of ethnicity as a motivating factor behind the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre
2021
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Kernos
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Pages: 9-53 |
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