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ALPHEOS (Ἀλϕεός, ὁ) and MARON (Μάρων, ὁ)
ОглавлениеCHRISTOPHER BARON
University of Notre Dame
Spartan brothers, sons of ORSIPHANTUS. Herodotus names Alpheos and Maron as the men who fought best (aristoi) at THERMOPYLAE in 480 BCE, after DIENECES (7.227). The Roman‐era author Pausanias mentions a shrine (hieron) to the brothers at SPARTA (3.12.9), but nothing more is known of them.
SEE ALSO: aretē; Heroes and Hero Cult