648 Aristotle Polit. II. 6. 8. speaks of wars with Argos, Arcadia, and Messenia, before the time of Lycurgus; but probably he is incorrect. According to Polyæn. VIII. 34. the Tegeatans took king Theopompus prisoner (provided the _king_ is meant): and the same authority states II. 13. that Mantinea was taken by Eurypon. 649 Pausan. VIII. 39. 2. 650 Pausan. VIII. 48. 3. concerning Ἄρης γυναικοθοίας, compare III. 7. 3. 651 Herod. I. 67. Pausan. III. 3. 5. comp. Dio Chrys. Orat. XVII. p. 251. C. the speech of the Tegeatans in Herodotus IX. 26. Polyænus I. 11. 652 At this time probably the oracle was delivered, which held out such deceitful promises to the Spartans, Δώσω τοι Τεγέην ποσσίκροτον ὀρχήσασθαι, Καὶ καλὸν πέδιον σχοίνῳ διαμετρήσασθαι, Herod. I. 66. The ambiguity lies in the word ὀρχήσασθαι, which may be derived from ὄρχος. Also διαμετρήσασθαι signifies the condition of a Helot, or a Clarotes, who receives a measured-out piece of land to cultivate. 653 See the stratagem of king Ἄλνης (Ἄλεος Casaubon) in Polyæn. I. 8. 654 See below, ch. 9. § 1. 655 Above, ch. 5. § 1, 4, 5. 656 Pausan. IV. 5. 1. The Amphictyons decided concerning Thyrea, Plutarch Parallel. Hist. Gr. et Rom. 3. 657 Herod. VI. 92. sqq. 658 Concerning these Amphictyons, see Ste Croix _Governemens fédératifs anciens_, p. 100. who, however, treats the subject with his usual carelessness. See Boeckh Corp. Inscript. n. 1121. cf. n. 1124. Maffei in Muratori, 561. 659 I should not now venture to make such positive assertions as those made in my _Æginetica_, p. 54. 660 III. 2. 2. III. 7. 1. 661 Paus. III. 2. 2. III. 7.1. 662 III. 7. 3. and hence perhaps Œnomaus ap. Euseb. Præp. Ev. p. 133. Steph. 663 II. 26. 5. III. 7. 5. IV. 8. 1. IV. 14. 2. IV. 43. 6. 664 Thus, according to Herodotus, Hermione and Asine ἡ πρὸς Καρδαμύλῇ τῇ Λακωνικῇ, which then probably was the nearest place of importance, belonged to the Dryopians; comp. Theopompus ap. Strab. p. 373. 665 See Boeckh. Inscript. n. 1193. 666 Æginetica, pp. 51-63.