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304:, there occurs the name of Leokedes or Lakedas, son of Pheidon of Argos. According to this, Pheidon must have flourished during the early part of the 6th century BCE. It has therefore been assumed that Herodotus confused two Pheidons, both kings of Argos. The suggested substitution in the text of Pausanias of the 28th for the 8th Olympiad (i.e. 668 instead of 748) would not bring it into agreement with Herodotus, for even then, Pheidon's son could not have been a suitor in 570 for the hand of Agariste.
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to revolt from Sparta's dominance. Throughout his reign, it seems that Argos was in conflict with not only the
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period of reform were called
Pheidonian. The historicity of Pheidon has been questioned based on the observation that the phrase “feidoneia metra” was a technical term that meant “short relation”. Originally this phrase referred to the value assigned to the newly introduced silver currency in terms
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According to tradition, he flourished during the first half of the 7th century BCE. During this, the Argive monarchy was nominal with almost no genuine power. Pheidon seized the throne from the reigning aristocracy with the support of the lower classes. He is considered in the tradition of other
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and he confided this matter to some of his friends, among whom was Habron. Now he was a friend of
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of an older currency that used objects made of iron, but in later times it was misunderstood as referring to measures supposedly introduced by an otherwise unknown Argive ruler named
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engages in an immodest dance, and thus loses the bride. But this story of
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