Note 628 — Chapter VI · LAWS AND DISCIPLINE OF LYKURGUS AT SPARTA.
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Xenophon, Hellen. iv. 5, 11; Herod. ix. 7; Thucyd. v. 18-23. The Amyklæan festival of the Hyacinthia, and the Amyklæan temple of Apollo, seem to stand foremost in the mind of the Spartan authorities. Αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἐγγύτατα τῶν περιοίκων (Thucyd. iv. 8), who are ready before the rest, and march against the Athenians at Pylus, probably include the Amyklæans.
Laconia generally is called by Thucydidês (iii. 16) as the περιοικὶς of Sparta.