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Herippidas, Harmost At Thebes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

H. W Parke
Affiliation:
Wadham College, Oxford

Extract

In Plutarch's two narratives (Vita Pelopidae XIII. and De genio Socratis) of the recapture of the Cadmea by the Thebans, 379/8 B.C. (winter), he speaks of three harmosts as in command of the Spartan garrison. This is the only instance in Spartan history where more than one harmost is mentioned as exercising authority in the same city, and it suggests the question: Was Thebes for some reason receiving different treatment from the other cities where we hear of harmosts in residence ?

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1927

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