Cleomenes quotes Write the reference for the quote... 0.0 / 5 ? Ancient HistoryASOCR Created by: Katy CundickCreated on: 28-04-13 19:17 "not quite right in the head" Herodotus 5.42 1 of 23 "on the verge of madness" Herodotus 5.42 2 of 23 "followed the usual custom and put the eldest son, Cleomenes, on the throne" Herodotus 5.42 3 of 23 "Cleomenes' reign was a brief one" Herodotus 5.48 4 of 23 "Cleomenes and his colleague chose ten of their wealthiest and most distinguished citizens" Herodotus 6.73 5 of 23 "Upon that day/ They alone helped you drive him out" (Cleomened disposed of Hippias) Aristophanes Lysistrata 6 of 23 "a little strange in the head" Herodotus 6.75 7 of 23 "went quite mad" Herodotus 6.75 8 of 23 "began to mutilate himself...until he reached his belly, and while he was cutting that he died" Herodotus 6.75 9 of 23 "punishment for having corrupted the priestess at Delphi" Herodotus 6.75 10 of 23 Punishment for "devastating the sacred land of Demeter and Persephone, when he marched to Eleusis" Herodotus 6.75 11 of 23 "made the helots drag the priest away from the alter and thrash him" Herodotus 6.81 12 of 23 "Cleomenes had been told by the Delphic oracle that he would take Argos" Herodotus 6.76 13 of 23 "ordered all the helots to pile faggots round the wood, set fire to them, and burn it to the ground" Herodotus 6.80 14 of 23 "the omens were not favourable" Herodotus 6.76 15 of 23 "conform to the orders called out to the Spartan army" Herodotus 6.77 16 of 23 "sent a herald to tell individuals, by name, that he had recieved their ransom money" Herodotus 6.79 17 of 23 "he was brought by his enemies before the Ephors" Herodotus 6.82 18 of 23 "my own opinion is that Cleomenes came to grief as retribution for what he did to Demaratus" Herodotus 6.84 19 of 23 The Ephors "accepted this as a credible and reasonable defence" Herodotus 6.82 20 of 23 "in answering this questin he made a bad mistake" (Agostagoras when asking for help) Herodotus 5.50 21 of 23 "Father, you had better go away, or the stranger will corrupt you" Herodotus 5.51 22 of 23 "persuaded Perialla the phrophetess to give the answer Cleomenes wanted" Herodotus 6.66 23 of 23
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