Agesilaos’ Abandoned Babies: ‘Humane’ Treatment of the Displaced?

Xenophon attributes to the Spartan king Agesilaos II a humane attitude to those who were taken captive by his army (Agesilaos 1.21-22). Modern translations and discussions of Xenophon’s claim generally assume that Agesilaos prevented children and the elderly from being abandoned and ending up as wan...

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Main Author: Hans Van Wees
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2020-06-01
Series:Pallas
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/21739