<Ul> <Li> they insist on reading μoθᾶνες / mothãnes, as a hapax for μόθωνες (Arnold J. Toynbee); </Li> <Li> the hypothesis that douloi has been interpolated by a copyist who confounded mothakes and mothônes . </Li> </Ul> <Li> they insist on reading μoθᾶνες / mothãnes, as a hapax for μόθωνες (Arnold J. Toynbee); </Li> <Li> the hypothesis that douloi has been interpolated by a copyist who confounded mothakes and mothônes . </Li> <P> In any case, the conclusion needs to be treated carefully: </P>

The relationship between the spartans and helots is most comparable to that of