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42 42. Dr Arnold on the is called a Spartan, while Ephorus calls him an Achaean, which he must have been in order to betray the Achaeans; unless indeed Conon by Spartan meant only an inhabit- ant of Sparta, whether Achaean or Dorian. (See Nicol. Damasc. p. 445 ed. Vales.). 2. Because Pausanias makes no mention of this previous subjection of the Amycleans. S. Because, allowing the longest time for a generation, it is impossible to make 278 years out of three generations, even if the third is taken complete; and Conon expressly says "in the third generation.**" 4. Ephorus moreover states that Eurysthenes and Procles " built towns in the country,'' or " fortified the country'' (TToXiaaL tyjv yoopav)^ which it is extremely impro- bable that the chiefs of a conquering aristocracy should do, even on the supposition that the whole of Laconia was re- duced at the first invasion. Such a measure would have had the effect of strengthening their subjects, who must always have been considered as the enemies of the Spartan nobles. 5. Ephorus further states that Procles and Eurysthenes sent kings to the different provinces, with permission to re- ceive any strangers who were willing to be partakers in the rights of citizenship {ceyeaOai gvvolkovs tov^ (^ouXo/ugvov^ Twv ^evwvj p. 364), on account of the 'depopulation of the country* And in another place he says that " Eurysthenes and Procles received foreigners (i. e. at Sparta), and governed by their means." (p. S66), It seems certain from the traditions respecting the early kings of Sparta, that, before the Achaean period, Laconia was inhabited by a Lelegian race. (See Meursius Reg. Lac. c. 1. 2). These Leleges appear afterwards to have been a class of subjects or slaves under the Achaeans. Now when the Achaeans were dislodged, the country was not dispeopled, so as to require these imaginary kings of Ephorus to admit foreigners to the rights of citizenship : nor is there any account of other settlers in Laconia besides the Dorians at this time. If moreover Eurysthenes and Procles reigned as tyrants over the Dorians by the assistance of foreigners, nothing would be more impolitic than to strengthen the country with fortresses, a measure never adopted by the arbitrary