Le prince héritier à Sparte

• Autores: Pierre Carlier
• Localización: Gerión, ISSN 0213-0181, Vol. 23, Nº Extra 9, 2005 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La figura del sucesor en la realeza helenística), págs. 21-28
• Idioma: francés
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  • In each of the two Spartan royal families, a precise dynastic nomos regulates successions. The first son who is born after his father¿s accession is considered from childhood as the heir apparent. He is exempted from the agôgè; when he has reached adulthood, he may be chosen as commander-in-chief of the civic army. Such a situation, which is exceptional among Greek kingships, is probably linked with the fact that the Spartan dyarchy is an element of the constitutional kosmos of the city.