The Laws of Charondas, the Greek-Sicilian Legislator Who Wrote Them in Verse

Pythagoreans Magna Graecia

This article was first published on our Spanish Edition on September 13, 2019: Las leyes de Caronda, el legislador greco-siciliano que las escribía en verso

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