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The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture & civilisation (1911)

Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933 · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 159

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They had twokings descending in parallel dynasties from prehistoric times,or, as they put it, from two Heracleid families. The origin ofthis double kingship is really lost in antiquity, though thereare many theories about it, both ancient and modern. Themost probable is that of two separate bands… … Mansell &■ Co. Plate XXI. CHARIOTEER : BRONZE THE AGES OF TRANSITIONin a class by itself, calling it a permanent hereditary general-ship. By his time the office had lost, indeed, much of itspolitical significance, and was notoriously subordinate to theEphorate. The military leadership was by…

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