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Lydia (Turkey) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
Corinth (Greece) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
Libya (Libya) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
Pharsalus (Greece) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
Cyrene (Libya) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
Argive (Greece) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
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Delphi (Greece) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
A bronze head of the Paeonian bull called the bison was sent to Delphi by the Paeonian king Dropion, son of Leon. These bisons are the most difficult beasts to capture alive, and no nets could be made strong enough to hold out against their rush. Th when they had put to flight the Thessalian cavalry in the second engagement.See Paus. 10.1.10. The Phliasians brought to Delphi a bronze Zeus, and with the Zeus an image of Aegina. The Mantineans of Arcadia dedicated a bronze Apollo, which stands ne tess said:—Then there was another Heracles, of Tiryns, not the Canopian.For before this the Egyptian Heracles had visited Delphi. On the occasion to which I refer the son of Amphitryon restored the tripod to Apollo, and was told by Xenocleia all he reserved, but the Phocian leaders did not leave the gold as they did the bronze.
The Tarentines sent yet another tithe to Delphi from spoils taken from the Peucetii, a non-Greek people. The offerings are the work of Onatas the Aeginetan, and Agelada
Aegina (Greece) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13
Italy (Italy) (search for this): book 10, chapter 13