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Excerpt from Everyman's Library, Vol. 2 of 2 Cleomenes' feud with Demaratus The double royalty at Sparta - descent - privileges of the kings (52 Spartan customs Story of Ariston (61 Demaratus, deprived of his crown, ies to Persia (64 Leotychides made king Fate of Leotychides Eginetans forced to give hostages of Cleomenes (74, Various causes assigned for his insanity (76 Eginetans demand back their hostages - story of Glaucus (85, War between Egina and Athens (87-93) Expedition of Datis and Artaphernes Course of the expedition (9 5 Preparations of the Eretrians -siege and surrender of Eretria (100, Persians land at Marathon Account of Miltiades (103, Pheidippides sent to Sparta - appearance of Pan (105, Dream of Hippias Plataeans ioin the Athenians - previous connection of the two nations Division among the Athenian generals - Miltiades and Callimachus (109, Preparations for battle Battle of Marathon (112 Attempt to surprise Athens (115, Story of Epizélus. Return of the expedition to Asia (118, Spartans visit Marathon Charge made against the Alcmwonidae (121 Previous history of the family - favours of Croesus Marriage of Megacles with Agarista (126-130) Descent of Pericles Expedition of Miltiades against Paros (132 Trial of Miltiades his death His capture of Lemnos - previous history of the inhabitants (137-140) Page 57. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical