36 [ This is commonly understood to mean, leaving out of account the god who was father of Perseus; but the reason for stopping short at Perseus is given afterwards, and the expression {tou theou apeontos} refers perhaps rather to the case of Heracles, the legend of whose birth is rejected by Herodotus (see ii. 43), and rejected also by this genealogy, which passes through Amphitryon up to Perseus. I take it that {tou theou apeontos} means "reckoning Heracles" (who is mentioned by name just below in this connexion) "as the son of Amphitryon and not of Zeus."] 37 [ i.e. "of heaven."] 38 [ {medimnon}, the Lacedemonian {medimnos} being equal to rather more than two bushels.] 39 [ {tetarten Lakomiken}, quantity uncertain.] 40 [ {proxeinous}.] 41 [ {khoinikas}. There were 48 {khoinikes} in the {medimnos}.] 42 [ {kotulen}.] 4201 [ The loose manner in which this is expressed, leaving it uncertain whether each king was supposed by the writer to have two votes given for him (cp. Thuc. i. 20), or whether the double vote was one for each king, must of course be reproduced in the translation.] 43 [ {perioikon}.] 44 [ See ch. 51.] 45 [ {proergazomenon}: a conjectural emendation of {prosergazomenon}.] 46 [ {tes apates te paragoge}, "by the misleading of the deception."] 47 [ i.e. lunar months.] 48 [ {en thoko katemeno}.] 49 [ {pandemei}.] 50 [ {aren}.] 51 [ i.e. "prayed for by the people."] 52 [ {di a}: a conjectural emendation of {dia ta}. Some Editors suppose that other words have dropped out.] 53 [ {promantin}: cp. vii. III.] 54 [ {ton splagkhnon}.] 55 [ {tou erkeiou}.] 56 [ {ton mataioteron logon legontes}.] 57 [ Lit. "on the third night after the first," but the meaning is as given.] 58 [ Most of the MSS. have "Astrobacos," which may be right.] 59 [ Or "to the honour of the Lacedemonians."] 60 [ i.e. any more than his predecessor.] 61 [ See ch. 50.] 62 [ {neotera epresse pregmata}.] 63 [ {up Arkadon}: several good MSS. have {ton Arkadon}, which is adopted by some Editors. The meaning would be "near this city it is said that there is the Styx water of the Arcadians."] 64 [ {upomargoteron}.] 65 [ Demeter and Core.] 66 [ The MSS. give also "Sepeia" and "Sipei01." The place is not elsewhere mentioned.] 67 [ See ch. 19.] 68 [ {duo mneai}: cp. v. 77.] 69 [ {o theos}, i.e. Hera: cp. i. 105.] 70 [ {kalliereumeno}.] 71 [ {kat akres}: cp. ch. 18.] 72 [ i.e. was acquitted of the charge brought against him.] 73 [ {episkuthison}.] 74 [ {bouleuesthe}: some MSS. and editions have {boulesthe}, "desiring."] 75 [ {en khrono ikneumeno}.] 76 [ i.e. take an oath to that effect.] 77 [ See v. 80.] 78 [ {penteteris}. The reading {penteres}, which is given by most of the MSS. and by several Editors, can hardly be defended.] 79 [ {kai en gar}, "and since there was."] 80 [ {Knoithou kaleomenos}: cp. vii. 143.] 81 [ {thesmophorou}.] 82 [ {pentaethlon epaskesas}.]