Galaxy/The codex of Aigalus

Eldest son of Amyclas who held the Laconian throne after his father's death in Pausanias' king-list, before the kingdom passed to his brother Cynortas.1

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Amyclas, son of Lacedaemon, built a town in Laconia as a memorial. On his death the empire came to Aigalus, the eldest of his sons, and when Aigalus died it passed to Cynortas, who had a son Oebalus.2

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BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Aigalus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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