Note 671 — Chapter VI · LAWS AND DISCIPLINE OF LYKURGUS AT SPARTA.
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Plutarch, Lycurg. c. 15; Xenoph. Rep. Lac. i. 5. Xenophon does not make any allusion to the abduction as a general custom. There occurred cases in which it was real and violent: see Herod. v. 65. Demaratus carried off and married the betrothed bride of Leotychides.