Xenelasia (Greek: ξενηλασια) was the title given to a set of laws in ancient DoricCrete and Lacedæmonia that proscribed the inclusion of foreigners and any foreign arts and music into their respective commonwealths.
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A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners.
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