Legends of Greece, originally isolated, afterwards thrown into series.—_Æolus._—His seven sons and five daughters.—1. _First Æolid line_—Salmôneus, Tyrô.—Pelias and Nêleus.—Pêrô, Bias, and Melampus.—Periklymenos.—Nestor and his exploits.—Nêleids down to Kodrus.—_Second Æolid line_—Krêtheus.—Admêtus and Alcêstis.—Pêleus and the wife of Acastus.—Pelias and Jasôn.—Jasôn and Mêdea.—Mêdea at Corinth.—_Third Æolid line_—Sisyphus.—Corinthian genealogy of Eumêlus.—Coalescence of different legends about Mêdea and Sisyphus.—Bellerophôn.—_Fourth Æolid line_—Athamas.—Phryxus and Hellê.—Inô and Palæmôn—Isthmian games.—Local root of the legend of Athamas.—Traces of ancient human sacrifices.—Athamas in the district near Orchomenos.—Eteoklês—festival of the Charitêsia.—Foundation and greatness of Orchomenos.—Overthrow by Hêraklês and the Thebans.—Trophônius and Agamêdês.—Ascalaphos and Ialmenos.—Discrepancies in the Orchomenian genealogy.—Probable inferences as to the ante-historical Orchomenos.—Its early wealth and industry.—Emissaries of the lake Kôpaïs.—Old Amphiktyony at Kalauria.—Orchomenos and Thebês.—Alcyonê and Kêyx.—Canacê.—The Alôids.—Calycê.—Elis and Ætôlia.—Eleian genealogy.—Augeas.—The Molionid brothers.—Variations in the Eleian genealogy.—Ætôlian genealogy.—Œneus, Meleager, Tydeus.—Legend of Meleager in Homer.—How altered by the poets after Homer.—Althæa and the burning brand.—Grand Kalydônian boar-hunt.—Atalanta.—Relics of the boar long preserved at Tegea.—Atalanta vanquished in the race by stratagem.—Deianeira.—Death of Hêraklês.—Tydeus.—Old age of Œneus.—Discrepant genealogies. 105-153 CHAPTER VII. THE PELOPIDS. Misfortunes and celebrity of the Pelopids.—Pelops—eponym of Peloponnêsus.—Deduction of the sceptre of Pelops.—Kingly attributes of the family.—Homeric Pelops.—Lydia, Pisa, etc., post-Homeric additions.—Tantalus.—Niobê.—Pelops and Œnomaus, king of Pisa.—Chariot victory of Pelops—his principality at Pisa.—Atreus, Thyestês, Chrysippus.—Family horrors among the Pelopids.—Agamemnôn and Menelaus.—Orestês.—The goddess Hêrê and Mykênæ.—Legendary importance of Mykênæ.—Its decline coincident with the rise of Argos and Sparta.—Agamemnôn and Orestês transferred to Sparta. 153-167 CHAPTER VIII. LACONIAN AND MESSENIAN GENEALOGIES. Lelex—autochthonous in Lacônia.—Tyndareus and Lêda.—Offspring of Lêda.—1. Castôr, Timandra, Klytæmnêstra, 2. Pollux, Helen.—Castôr and Pollux.—Legend of the Attic Dekeleia.—Idas and Lynkeus.—Great functions and power of the Dioskuri.—Messênian genealogy.—Periêrês—Idas and Marpêssa. 168-173 CHAPTER IX. ARCADIAN GENEALOGY.