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LACEDÆMONIANS.—In 2Ma_5:9 we read that Jason fled for refuge to the Lacedæmonians ‘because they were near of kin.’ This claim is further set forth in 1Ma_12:2 ff; cf. 1Ma_14:16; cf. 1Ma_14:20 f., 1Ma_15:23, where we read of Sparta and an alliance with the Spartans. It was, of course, entirely fanciful, the Hellenes and the Jews belonging respectively to the Indo-European and Semitic branches of the human race.
A. E. Hillard.