Such, then, was the manner of Dorieus' death. Had he endured Cleomenes' rule and stayed at Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta he would have been king of Sparta [22.416,37.83] (inhabited place), Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Lacedaemon, for Cleomenes reigned no long time, and died leaving no son but one only daughter, whose name was Gorgo.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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