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Rh Laconia, nor to have divided the Laconian temtory into provinces, if that division took place at or immediately after the conquest, which seems to be the meaning of Ephorus. Or, if it be objected that the division was not made at the conquest, but soon after, it may be answered that the interval must have been considerable, as Theras is distinctly stated in the story of the Minyae to have been guardian of the twins, when children, and conse- quently their minority must have been of some duration. The fact of this story of the Minyae being recognised both by the Spartan and Theraean tradition is urged by Dr Arnold him- self to corroborate another circumstance mentioned in it (p. 641. n.) ; he cannot therefore refuse to admit the minority of Eurysthenes and Procles, and the guardianship of Theras. To another possible objection that Theras may have made the division, which is attributed to Eurysthenes and Procles, because it took place in their reign ; it is an obvious answer that the acts of Lycurgus when guardian of Charilaus are never attributed to the latter.

Secondly, it appears that these six provinces contained towns which were not reduced by the Spartans till many generations after the invasion, and which remained not as subjects or tributaries, but in a state of absolute independence. Among these are some particularly mentioned by Ephorus as belonging to the Spartans and strengthening their power: such as Aegys, which was not taken till the time of Arche- laus and Charilaus, more than two centuries, Pharis and Geronthrae by Teleclus, more than two centuries and a half after the invasion. (Pausan. 2. 5, 6). "But the period (says Dr. Arnold) to which Miiller alludes is not that of their political subjection, but of their destruction, when the old inhabitants were extirpated, and the town peopled by Dorians. The expressions in Pausanias are " p. 648. But from his expressions and, it it probable that he under- stood the Achaeans of these towns to have been hitherto independant. Dr Arnold probably infers from the foliowing passage of Paus. 22. 6. that these towns received a Doric population. It seems however very improbable that any of