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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| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/kernos, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Kernos
2022
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |