_Iphitus_ [126] presided both in the Temple of _Jupiter Olympius_, and in the Olympic Games, and so did his Successors 'till the 26th Olympiad; and so long the victors were rewarded with a _Tripos_: but then the _Pisæans_ getting above the _Eleans_, began to preside, and rewarded the victors with a Crown, and instituted the _Carnea_ to _Apollo_; and continued to preside 'till _Phidon_ interrupted them, that is, 'till about the time of the 49th Olympiad: for [127] in the 48th Olympiad the _Eleans_ entered the country of the _Pisæans_, suspecting their designs, but were prevailed upon to return home quietly; afterwards the _Pisæans_ confederated with several other _Greek_ nations, and made war upon the _Eleans_, and in the end were beaten: in this war I conceive it was that _Phidon_ presided, suppose in the 49th Olympiad; for [128] in the 50th Olympiad, for putting an end to the contentions between the Kings about presiding, two men were chosen by lot out of the city _Elis_ to preside, and their number in the 65th Olympiad was increased to nine, and afterwards to ten; and these judges were called _Hellenodicæ_, judges for or in the name of _Greece_. _Pausanias_ tells us, that the _Eleans_ called in _Phidon_ and together with him celebrated the 8th Olympiad; he should have said the 49th Olympiad; but _Herodotus_ tells us, that _Phidon_ removed the _Eleans_; and both might be true: the _Eleans_ might call in _Phidon_ against the _Pisæans_, and upon overcoming be refused presiding in the Olympic games by _Phidon_, and confederate with the _Spartans_, and by their assistance overthrow the Kingdom of _Phidon_, and recover their ancient right of presiding in the games. _Strabo_ [129] tells us that _Phidon_ was the tenth from _Temenus_; not the tenth King, for between _Cisus_ and _Phidon_ they Reigned not, but the tenth from father to son, including _Temenus_. If 27 years be reckoned to a Generation by the eldest sons, the nine intervals will amount unto 243 years, which counted back from the 48th Olympiad, in which _Phidon_ flourished, will place the Return of the _Heraclides_ about fifty years before the beginning of the Olympiads, as above. But Chronologers reckon about 515 years from the Return of the _Heraclides_ to the 48th Olympiad, and account _Phidon_ the seventh from _Temenus_; which is after the rate of 85 years to a Generation, and therefore not to be admitted.