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In Search of the Greeks (Second Edition) > Resources > Chapter 8 > In Their Own Words
In Their Own Words 8.1
Read Xenophon’s Constitution of the Spartans here and Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus here. How do the two accounts compare with one another?
In Their Own Words 8.2
Read Herodotus’ account of Lycurgus’ visit to the Delphic oracle (Histories, 1.65–6) here. What do we learn about his reforms from this passage?
In Their Own Words 8.3
Read here Herodotus 3.46, in which the historian gives an amusing account of the Spartan reaction to a long and boring speech by some Samian rebels who had come in c. 525 to request military assistance in their campaign against the tyrant Polycrates. How does this passage convey Sparta’s laconic tradition?