
38 - Lysander 3: Kings of Sparta
Cost of Glory
The Kingship of Sparta, a Plan Worthy of the God's Attention
Lysander the mothoks had a plan worthy of apollo's attention. He wondered, why should his city be ruled by men who were no better than himself? His plan was to take the government away from the two royal houses and open up the kingship to all the spartan warrior nobles. After all, it was not for hercules's divine birth, but for the great services he worked for mankind that he was invited to join the company of the gods. And sparta's kings should be chosen, not merely born. Now this kind of revolutionary proposal is going to plum it and smack downon ground straight out of the nest if it doesn't have the byin from
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