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Young Heretics

Ep. 128: A Government of Laws

Young Heretics

Spencer Klavan

Society & Culture, Education

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this final episode of his series on Athenian democracy and citizenship, Spencer Klavan tells a few rip-roaring myths and true stories from the history of Athen—from the birth of King Erichthonius out of the ground to the fraught relationship between Cleisthenes of Athens and King Cleomenes of Sparta. Then as now, the question was: what does it mean to be equal before the law?

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Transcript

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All right.

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