[15] Aristoph. Knights, 635, 695 (with Schol. on 697, φορτικὸν ὀρχήσεως εῖδος); Eurip. Bacch. 1060.
[16] Xen. Hellen. v. 3. 9.
[17] Xen. Constit. of Lak. iii. 3; Hellen. v. 4. 32.
[18] Xen. Constit. of Lak. iii. 3.
[19] “Agelai” of young men are mentioned by inscriptions at Miletos and Smurna [Böckh, 2892, 3326]; there may have been boarding-schools somewhat resembling those of Sparta at these towns for young men.
[20] μαστιγόφοροι. Xen. Constit. of Lak. ii. 2. Aristotle calls Paidonomoi an aristocratic institution. They existed in Crete, and inscriptions mention them in Karia, Teos, and many other places.
[21] Plut. Lukourgos, 16. Hesychius declares that the Bouâgor was a boy, so the word cannot mean the Eiren, who was over twenty.
[22] Plut. Lukourgos, 17; Xen. Constit. of Lak. ii. 11.
[23] In which case the Eiren corresponds closely to the Cretan Agelates.
[24] Lukourgos, 16; Lac. Institutions, 247.