Monday, June 02, 2025
Ethnic Exclusion
Thucydides 3.92.5 (foundation of Heraclea in Trachis by the Lacedaemonians; tr. Martin Hammond):
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So first they made enquiry of the god at Delphi, and when he gave his approval they sent out the settlers, drawing them from their own people and the Perioeci, and inviting volunteers from the rest of Greece to join them, but excluding Ionians, Achaeans, and some other nationalities. Three Spartans took the lead as founder-colonists: they were Leon, Alcidas, and Damagon.
πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ἐν Δελφοῖς τὸν θεὸν ἐπήροντο, κελεύοντος δὲ ἐξέπεμψαν τοὺς οἰκήτορας αὑτῶν τε καὶ τῶν περιοίκων, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων τὸν βουλόμενον ἐκέλευον ἕπεσθαι πλὴν Ἰώνων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν καὶ ἔστιν ὧν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν. οἰκισταὶ δὲ τρεῖς Λακεδαιμονίων ἡγήσαντο, Λέων καὶ Ἀλκίδας καὶ Δαμάγων.
