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The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)

Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 156

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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… … THE AGES OF TRANSITION in 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 far the most con-spicuous duty attached to the…

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