Cleomenes of whom we spoke; and just when she was
bringing to the light an heir to the kingdom of the Spartans, the former
wife, who had during the time before been childless, then by some means
conceived, chancing to do so just at that time: and though she was in
truth with child, the kinsfolk of the wife who had come in afterwards,
when they heard of it cried out against her and said that she was making
a vain boast, and that she meant to pass off another child as her own.
Since then they made a great show of indignation, as the time was fast
drawing near, the Ephors being incredulous sat round and watched the
woman during the birth of her child: and she bore Dorieos and then
straightway conceived Leonidas and after him at once Cleombrotos,--nay,
some even say that Cleombrotos and Leonidas were twins. The wife however
who had born Cleomenes and had come in after the first wife, being
the daughter of Primetades the son of Demarmenos, did not bear a child
again.

42. Now Cleomenes, it is said, was not quite in his right senses but on
the verge of madness, 24 while Dorieos was of all his equals in age
the first, and felt assured that he would obtain the kingdom by merit.
Seeing then that he had this opinion, when Anaxandrides died and the
Lacedemonians followed the usual custom established the eldest, namely
Cleomenes, upon the throne, Dorieos being indignant and not thinking it
fit that he should be a subject of Cleomenes, asked the Spartans to give
him a company of followers and led them out to found a colony, without
either inquiring of the Oracle at Delphi to what land he should go to
make a settlement, or doing any of the things which are usually
done; but being vexed he sailed away with his ships to Libya, and the
Theraians were his guides thither. Then having come to Kinyps 25 he made
a settlement in the fairest spot of all Libya, along the banks of the
river; but afterwards in the third year he was driven out from thence
by the Macai and the Libyans 26 and the Carthaginians, and returned to
Peloponnesus.

43. Then Antichares a man of Eleon gave him counsel out of the oracles
of Laios to make a settlement at Heracleia 27 in Sicily, saying that the
whole land of Eryx belonged to the Heracleidai, since Heracles himself
had won it: and hearing this he went forthwith to Delphi to inquire of
the Oracle whether he would be able to conquer the land to which he was
setting forth; and the Pythian prophetess replied to him