...r name inscribed on the offering of the Greeks at Olympia. My view is that they stayed at home to guard their several fatherlands, while because of the Trojan war they scorned to be led by Dorians of Lacedaemon . This became plain in course of time. For when later on the Lacedaemonians began the war with the Athenians , the Achaeans were eager for the alliance with Patrae, and were no less well disposed towa...