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This paper examines the rhetorical strategies by which Tyrtaeus creates a cohesive Spartan we-identity for his audience. This identity rests on two criteria: shared descent from the Dorians who came to Sparta with the Herakleidai and obedience to the Herkleid kings of Sparta.
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This page is a summary of: Let Us Obey. The Rhetoric of Spartan Identity in Tyrtaeus 2W, Mnemosyne, June 2018, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/1568525x-12342342.
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