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CONTENTS
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.—Tindareus and Lêda.—Offspring of Lêda.—1. Castor, Timandra, Klytasmnêstra,—2. Pollux, Helen.—Castôr and Pollux.—Legend of the Attic Dekeleia.—Idas and Lynkeus.—Great functions and power of the Dioscuri.—Messênian genealogy.—Periêres—Idas and Marpêssa 168-173
CHAPTER IX.
ARCADIAN GENEALOGY.
Pelasgus.—Lykaôn and his fifty sons.—Legend of Lykaôn—ferocity punished by the gods.—Deep religious faith of Pausanias.—His view of past and present world.—Kallistô and Areas.—Azan, Apheidas,
Elatus.—Aleus, Augê, Telephus.—Ancæus.—Echemus.—Echemus kills Hyllus.—Hêrakleids repelled from Peloponnêsus.—Coronis and Asklêpius.—Extended worship of Asklepius—numerous legends.—Machaôn and Podaleirius.—Numerous Asklêpiads, or descendants from Asklêpius.—Temples of Asklêpius—sick persons healed there. 173-183
CHAPTER X
ÆAKUS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. ÆGINA, SALAMIS, AND PHTHIA.
Æakus—son of Zeus and Ægina.—Offspring of Æakus—Pêleus, Telamôn, Phôkus.—Prayers of Æakus—procure relief for Greece—Phôkus killed by Pêleus and Telamôn.—Telamôn, banished, goes to Salamis.—
Pêleus—goes to Phthia—his marriage with Thetis.—Neoptolemus.—Ajax, his son Philaensthe eponymous hero of a dême in Attica.—Teukrus banished, settles in Cyprus.—Diffusion of the Æacid genealogy. 184-190
CHAPTER XI.
ATTIC LEGENDS AND GENEALOGIES.
Erechtheus—autochthonous.—Attic legends—originally from different roots—each dême had its own.—Little noticed by the old epic poets.—Kekrops.—Kranaus—Pandiôn.—Daughters of Pandiôn—Procnê, Phi-
