for even in Sparta, suggested Demaratos, this was the custom, that is to say, if some of the sons had been born first, before their father began to reign, and another came after, born later while he was reigning, the succession of the kingdom belonged to him who had been born later.
eta ez zela ez arrazoizko ez bidezko, beraz, bera ez zen beste inor erregetzaren jabe izatea, Spartan ere-gehitzen zuen Demaratok bere aholkuan-horixe zen eta betidaniko ohitura: