and he would take each of us in turn to one side, and to one he would promise to open a subscription to help him in his private difficulties, and to another that he would get him elected general. As for me, he fol- lowed me about, congratulating me on my ability and praising my speech; so lavish was he in his compliments that I became sick and tired of him. And when we were all dining together at Larisa, he made fun of himself and the embarrassment which had come upon him in his speech, and he declared that Philip was the most wonderful man under the sun.
emagogy is of two sorts, one among the
oligarchs themselves, for a demagogue can arise among them even when they are a
very small body,—as for instance in the time of the Thirty at
Athens, the party of Charicles
rose to power by currying popularity with the Thirty, and in the time of the
Four HundredSee 1304b 12 n. the party
of Phrynichus rose in the same way,—the other when the members of the oligarchy curry
popularity with the mob, as the Civic Guards at LarisaSee 1275b 29
n. courted popularity with the mob because it elected them, and in
all the oligarchies in which the magistracies are not elected by the class from
which the magistrates come but are filled from high property-grades or from
political clubs while the electors are the heavy-armed soldiers or the common
people, as used to be the case at Abydos, and in places where the jury-courts are not made up
from the governmenti.e.
（apparently） where membersh
lace their protection in the hands of mercenary
troops and a magistrate between the two parties, who sometimes becomes master of
both, which happened at Larisa in the
time of the government of the Aleuadae led by Simus,A probable emendation of the Greek gives ‘happened
at Larisa to Simus and his party at
Larisa to Simus and his party at
the time of the government of the Aleuadae.’ This family were
hereditary rulers of Larisa
（see also 1275b 29 ff. n., and 1305b 29 ff.） and at
Abydos in the time of the political
clubs of which that of Iphiades was one. And factions arise also in consequence of one set of the
members of the oligarchy thLarisa
（see also 1275b 29 ff. n., and 1305b 29 ff.） and at
Abydos in the time of the political
clubs of which that of Iphiades was one. And factions arise also in consequence of one set of the
members of the oligarchy themselves being pushed aside by another set and being
driven into party strife in regard to marriages or law-suits; examples of such
disorders arising out of a cause related to marriage are the instances spoken of
before, and also the oligarchy of the knights at Eretria was put downPossibly before the Persian wa
ame sufficient,
or perhaps it was because he did not give him the hand of one of his daughters
after agreeing to do so, but gave the elder to the king of Elimea when hard
pressed in a war against Sirras and Arrabaeus, and the younger to his son
Amyntas, thinking that thus Amyntas would be least likely to quarrel with his
son by Cleopatra; but at all events Crataeas's estrangement was primarily caused
by resentment because of the love affair. And Hellanocrates of Larisa also joined in the attack for the same reason; for
because while enjoying his favors Archelaus would not restore him to his home
although he had promised to do so, he thought that the motive of the familiarity
that had taken placehad been
insolence and not passionate desire. And Pytho and Heraclides of Aenus made away with CotysKing of Thrace
382-358 B.C. to avenge
their father, and Adamas revolted from Cotys because he had been mutilated by
him when a boy
Euripides, Alcestis (ed. David Kovacs), line 816 (search)
ping eyes and the shorn hair and the expression of grief, but he convinced me that he was burying someone unrelated. And against my better judgement I passed through these gates and caroused in the house of this hospitable man in his hour of grief. And can I now go on revelling, my head garlanded? But it is your task now, with such a great misfortune brought on the house, to tell me, where he is burying her, where I must go to find her.
Serving-man
Next to the straight road that leads to Larisa you will see from the outskirts of the city a sculpted tomb.
Heracles
O heart and hand that have endured so much, now show what kind of son Tirynthian Alcmene, daughter of Electryon, bore to Zeus. For I must save the woman who has just died and show my gratitude to Admetus by restoring Alcestis once more to this house. I shall go and look out for the black-robed lord of the dead, Death himself, and I think I shall find him drinking from the offerings near the tomb. And if once I rush fro
ly Pyrrhus gave his forces a rest and then declared war on Antigonus, his chief ground of complaint being the failure to send reinforcements to Italy. Overpowering the native troops of Antigonus an his Gallic mercenaries he pursued them to the coast cities, and himself reduced upper Macedonia and the Thessalians. The extent of the fighting and the decisive character of the victory of Pyrrhus are shown best by the Celtic armour dedicated in the sanctuary of Itonian Athena between Pherae and Larisa, with this inscription on them:—Pyrrhus the Molossian hung these shields
taken from the bold Gauls as a gift to ItonianAthena, when he had destroyed all the hostof Antigonus. 'Tis no great marvel. TheAeacidae are warriors now, even as they wereof old.These shields then are here, but the bucklers of the Macedonians themselves he dedicated to Dodonian Zeus. They too have an inscription:—These once ravaged golden Asia, and broughtslavery upon the Greeks. Now ownerlessthey lie by the pillars
e Heraeum, Mideia, Tiryns, and the Argive coast region. Traces of the residence of Proetus in Tiryns remain to the present day. Afterwards Acrisius, learning that Perseus himself was not only alive but accomplishing great achievements, retired to Larisa on the Peneus. And Perseus, wishing at all costs to see the father of his mother and to greet him with fair words and deeds, visited him at Larisa. Being in the prime of life and proud of his inventing the quoit, he gave displays before all, and Larisa. Being in the prime of life and proud of his inventing the quoit, he gave displays before all, and Acrisius, as luck would have it, stepped unnoticed into the path of the quoit.
So the prediction of the god to Acrisius found its fulfillment, nor was his fate prevented by his precautions against his daughter and grandson. Perseus, ashamed because of the gossip about the homicide, on his return to Argos induced Megapenthes, the son of Proetus, to make an exchange of kingdoms; taking over himself that of Megapenthes, he founded Mycenae. For on its site the cap （myces） fell from his scabbard, and
The citadel they call Larisa, after the daughter of Pelasgus. After her were also named two of the cities in Thessaly, the one by the sea and the one on the Peneus. As you go up the citadel you come to the sanctuary of Hera of the Height, and also a temple of Apollo, which is said to have been first built by Pythaeus when he came from Delphi. The present image is a bronze standing figure called Apollo Deiradiotes, because this place, too, is called Deiras （Ridge）. Oracular responses are still gihere are the heads apart from the bodies, which are at Lerna. For it was at Lerna that the youths were murdered, and when they were dead their wives cut off their heads, to prove to their father that they had done the dreadful deed.
On the top of Larisa is a temple of Zeus, surnamed Larisaean, which has no roof; the wooden image I found no longer standing upon its pedestal. There is also a temple of Athena worth seeing. Here are placed votive offerings, including a wooden image of Zeus, which ha
others to escape death, and that on his escape he raised a beacon here. Now to raise the beacon was the signal he had agreed with Hypermnestra to give if he should escape Danaus and reach a place of safety. She also, they say, lighted a beacon on Larisa as a sign that she too was now out of danger. For this reason the Argives hold every year a beacon festival.
At the first the place was called Lyncea; its present name is derived from Lyrcus, a bastard son of Abas, who afterwards dwelt there. Amo, the father of Alcmena, was king of Medea, but in my time nothing was left of it except the foundations.
On the straight road to Epidaurus is a village Lessa, in which is a temple of Athena with a wooden image exactly like the one on the citadel Larisa. Above Lessa is Mount Arachnaeus, which long ago, in the time of Inachus, was named Sapyselaton.See the Greek text, in which the name Sapyselaton is formed from the two wordssa/pus e)la/twn. On it are altars to Zeus and Hera. When rain is needed
Not far from the Orthia is a sanctuary of Eileithyia. They say that they built it, and came to worship Eileithyia as a goddess, because of an oracle from Delphi.The Lacedaemonians have no citadel rising to a conspicuous height like the Cadmea at Thebes and the Larisa at Argos. There are, however, hills in the city, and the highest of them they call the citadel.
Here is built a sanctuary of Athena, who is called both City-protecting and Lady of the Bronze House. The building of the sanctuary was begun, they say, by Tyndareus. On his death his children were desirous of making a second attempt to complete the building, and the resources they intended to use were the spoils of Aphidna. They too left it unfinished, and it was many years afterwards that the Lacedaemonians made of bronze both the temple and the image of Athena. The builder was Gitiadas, a native of Sparta, who also composed Dorian lyrics, including a hymn to the goddess. c. 500 B.C
On the bronze are wrought in relief many of
