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revolution ousted the
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who held the kingly position for his brief term, no doubt a council (though none is specifically documented in the scant literary materials) and a
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Corinth des origines aux guerres médiques
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Corinth des origines aux guerres médiques
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Biography and Mythology
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200:Agelas II 890 - 860 BCE
247:(Paris: Boccard) 1955.
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185:Aletes 1073 - 1035 BCE
350:Megarian Constitution
203:Eudemus 860 - 835 BCE
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194:Prymnis 960 - 925 BCE
125:installed himself at
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209:Agemon 800 - 784 BCE
188:Ixion 1035 - 997 BCE
174:Second Messenian War
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149:, lover of
92:polemarchos
701:Categories
675:Cypselus I
607:Bacchiadae
551:Hyanthidas
493:Sisyphidae
437:Rulers of
232:References
170:Messenians
36:Doric clan
32:Bakkhiadai
21:Bacchiadae
680:Periander
655:Pritanius
650:Automenes
640:Alexander
620:Agelas II
468:Corinthus
376:Wickert,
354:Aristotle
337:Geography
312:Pausanias
310:, 7.9.6;
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155:nomothete
147:Philolaos
131:Lynkestis
127:Tarquinia
123:Demaratus
63:legendary
29:Βακχιάδαι
645:Telestes
625:Eudaemus
592:Agelas I
574:Aletidae
531:Propodas
526:Damophon
516:Ornytion
501:Sisyphus
446:Heleidae
357:Plutarch
220:See also
121:, where
115:Syracuse
103:Cypselus
86:prytanis
75:endogamy
71:Telestes
59:Heracles
615:Bacchis
597:Prymnes
547:Doridas
506:Glaucus
473:Polybus
463:Epopeus
272:5.92.1.
226:Aristoi
135:Macedon
119:Etruria
107:Corcyra
67:Bacchis
46:History
635:Agemon
582:Aletes
458:Bounos
453:Aeëtes
333:Strabo
314:2.4.4.
166:Sparta
159:Thebes
100:tyrant
587:Ixion
521:Thoas
483:Jason
478:Creon
80:oikos
65:king
549:and
283:cult
56:hero
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