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is used in a number of senses, 1) a bargain or a treaty between two people. 2) an oracle, or a law.

are the written laws for the Spartans, much like our Constitution. The Spartans believed that the Great Rhetra was given to them by the god Pythia.


are the Greek city-states.


is a form of government led by a few.


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