At Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta, Anaxandrides the son of Leon, who had been king, was now no longer alive but was dead, and Cleomenes son of Anaxandrides held the royal power. This he had won not by manly merit but by right of birth. Anaxandrides had as his wife his own sister's daughter, and although he was content with her, no children were born to him.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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