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Xenelasia (Ancient Greek: ξενηλασία, Ancient Greek: [ksenɛːlasía]) or xenelasy was the practice in ancient Doric Crete and Lacedæmonia of expelling foreigners deemed injurious to the public welfare.[1] The isolationist customs of Sparta (which included discouraging Spartan citizens from traveling outside the commonwealth) may also sometimes be referred to as xenelasia.[2] The majority of ancient Greek authors attribute the codification of this practice to Lycurgus.[3]
- ^ Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York: University of Chicago Press. 2003.
- ^ de Jaucourt, Louis (2014) [1765]. "Xenelasia of Sparta". The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Haydn Mason. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Publishing.
- ^ Larcher's notes on Herodotus, historical and critical comments on the History of Herodotus. From the Fr, Volume 1 1844.