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The pillars of Hercules, vol. 2

Note 84 — Chapter IX

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By submitting to Spartan discipline, Helots became Spartans.—Zeles apud Stob. Florileg, 40, 8.

In the Messinian war, a Helot was taken to replace each Spartan who had fallen. They were called Epunactæ.

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