CHAPTER 51

Meanwhile Demaratus, son of Ariston, was bringing charges against Cleomenes at Sparta. He too, like Cleomenes, was king of the Spartans, but he belonged to the lower house - not indeed that his house was of any lower origin than the other, for both houses are of one blood - but the house of Eurysthenes is the more honoured of the two, inasmuch as it is the elder branch.