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215 notes to PaGes 154–167 Chapter 8 1. C. P. Jones 1999: 132–133. An exception would be cases of historical colonization. Sometimes even then, the details of personages and circumstances are invented for the sake of having a foundation narrative. 2. Aristodemus is mentioned at Aeschin. 2.19. In general, see further Adcock and Mosley 1975: 155–156. 3. Elwyn 1991: 118–119, 240–241, 288–291. 4. Elwyn 1991: 306–311. See also Erskine 2002: 104–106. 5. Lacey 1968: 15. 6. Lacey 1968: 51–83. Appendix One 1. Thus Podlecki 1987: 4–5, 9. 2. Legon 1981: 101; Lavelle 2005: 35. 3. Plut. Sol. 8.1–3; Paus. 1.40.5; Justin 2.6–12; Diog. Laert. 1.46–47; Polyaen. Strat. 1.20.1. 4. Compare an episode recounted by Herodotus (5.20): Persian nobles, sent as a delegation by King Darius I to the Macedonian court of Amyntas, were entertaining themselves with young women at a dinner.The prince Alexander son of Amyntas replaced thesewomen with young beardless men, who then killed all the delegates with hidden daggers. As How and Wells observe, Herodotus’ portrayal of Persian attitudes toward women is inaccurate here, allowing him to portray Persian hubris and the retribution that follows (ad loc.). This characterization makes possible the use of a familiar folkloric element. 5. Again, Herodotus, ever attuned to folkloric elements to convey meaning to his audience, provides a brief catalogue of such abductions, replete in Greek myth, at the beginning of his Histories (1.1–5). 6. Strabo (9.1.10) notes that there was much disagreement on this point in various writers. 7. Figueira 1985b: 302; Lambert 1997: 98; Taylor 1997: 21. 8. An excellent surveyof these sources, with translations, can be found inTaylor 1997: 28–34. 9. Plut. Sol. 8.4–6. Aelian (VH 7.19) seems to give this version without the folkloric elements. He mentions a deception with no specifics. 10. Polyaen. Strat. 1.20.2. 11. Aen.Tact. 4.8–12; Justin 2.8.1–5; Frontin. Strat. 2.9.9. 12. Hdt. 1.59. Cf. Arist. Ath. Pol. 14.1. See Legon 1981: 137; Frost 2005: 62. 13. Figueira 1985b: 283; Lavelle 2005: 54–55. 14. Ath. Pol. 17.2. 15. As noted by many scholars. In general, see Podlecki 1987. ...

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