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waa he who dedicated the tripod, and not another per­
son of the same name, cotemporary with CEdipus, the
eon of Laius.

LXI. The third tripod bears this inscription in hex­
ameters :—

Royal Laodamas to Phrebus' shrine
This tripod gave, of workmanship divine.

Under this Laodamas, the son of Eteocles, who had
the supreme power, the Cadmeans were expelled by
the Argives, and fled to the Encheleans. The Ge-
phyreans were compelled by the Boeotians to retire to
Athens. Here they built temples for their own par­
ticular use, resembling in no respect those of the
Athenians, as may be seen in the edifice and myste­
ries of the Achaean Ceres.

LXII. Thus have I related the vision of Hipparchus,
and the origin of the Gephyreans, from whom the con­
spirators against Hipparchus were descended : but it
will be proper to explain more at length, the particular
means by which the Athenians recovered their liberty,
which I was beginning to do before. Hippias had suc­
ceeded to the supreme authority, and, as appeared by
his conduct, greatly resented the death of Hipparchus.
The Alcmseonidse, who were of Athenian origin, had
been driven from their country by the Pisistratidse:
they had, in conjunction with some other exiles, made
an effort to recover their former situations, and to
deliver their country from its oppressors, but were de­
feated with considerable loss. They retired to Libsy-
drium beyond Pseonia, which they fortified, still medi­
tating vengeance against the Pisistratidaa. Whilst they
were thus circumstanced, the Amphyctions engaged
them upon certain terms to construct that which is now
the temple of Delphi, but which did not exist before.
They were not deficient in point of wealth; and, warm­
ed with the generous spirit of their race, they erected
a temple far exceeding the model which had been
given, in splendour and in beauty. Their agreement
only obliged them to construct it of the stone of Porus,
but they built the vestibule of Parian marble.

LXIII' These men, as the Athenians relate, during
their continuance at Delphi, bribed the Pythian to