Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 6.51

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All this time Demaratus son of Ariston remained at Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta and spread evil reports of Cleomenes. This Demaratus was also king of Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta, but of the inferior house; not indeed inferior in any other regard (for they have a common ancestor), but the house of Eurysthenes has in some sort the greater honor by right of primogeniture.¹

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[1] ἐν δὲ τῇ Σπάρτῃ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον ὑπομένων Δημάρητος ὁ Ἀρίστωνος διέβαλλε τὸν Κλεομένεα, ἐὼν βασιλεὺς καὶ οὗτος Σπαρτιητέων, οἰκίης δὲ τῆς ὑποδεεστέρης, κατʼ ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν ὑποδεεστέρης· ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γεγόνασι· κατὰ πρεσβυγενείην δε κως τετίμηται μᾶλλον ἡ Εὐρυσθένεος.

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1. “The most probable origin of this anomaly” (the dual kingship) “is the fusion of two distinct communities whose chiefs shared the throne.” How and Wells, p. 82.

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