Kleomenes I of Sparta: A Proto-Biography
Claims that Herodotus reveals himself as a proto-biographer are not yet widely accepted. To advance this claim, I review his recount of Kleomenes of Sparta (c. 540–c. 490), who finds his kingdom caught in the periphery of the Greco-Persian conflict, and whose activities over a thirty-year reign a...
| Published in: | Athens Journal of History |
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| Language: | English |
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Athens Institute for Education and Research
2024-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.athensjournals.gr/history/2024-10-1-4-Baker.pdf |