#aristodemus

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Herodotus 119-164

Comment: I think it is interesting how Xerxes believes that Artabanus must wear his clothes, sit on his throne, and sleep in his bed in order to hear the phantom, as if this magical dream can only be conducted through one set of kingly robes.

Question: Of all the various ways the Spartans could have punished Aristodemus, why did they rely on such a light punishment? All they really did was shun him.

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Aristodemus at the grave of his daughter, 1819. Theophile Bra. Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai, France