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This is the earliest instance of the recognition of Lacedaemonian headship in Greece. Later instances, chronologically arranged, are: i. 152 (Ionians, c. 546 B.C. In the same cap. the Lacedaemonians themselves also claim it); vi. 108 (the Plataeans, 519 B. C., but vid. n. ad loc.); iii. 148 (Maeandrius, c. 514 B. C.); vi. 84 (the Scythians); v. 49 (Athens against Aegina, 491 B. C.). All these lead up to the recognized hegemony against Xerxes, vii. 161. 2; viii. 2. 2.


Thornax lay to north of Sparta (Frazer, P. iii. 322). Pausanias (iii. 10. 8) says the gold was used to decorate the statue of Apollo Pythaeus at Amyclae, which was similar to that at Thornax but more important; he describes (iii. 19. 2) it as a brazen pillar about 45 ft. high, with head, feet, and hands, i.e. it was a primitive cultstatue, marking transition from the aniconic age.

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