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But it was destined for the race of
Immediately he and his brothers gathered a force and attacked
Erginus, as his citizens had been utterly crushed, made peace with Heracles, but in his efforts to restore his former wealth and prosperity neglected everything else, so that unconsciously he came to a wifeless and childless old age. But when he had gathered riches, the desire seized him to have children.
9.37.4So going to
Erginus, son of Clymenus Presboniades,
Obeying the oracle he took to himself a young wife, and had children, Trophonius and Agamedes.
Late thou camest seeking offspring, but even now
To the old plough-tree put a new tip.
Trophonius is said to have been a son of Apollo, not of Erginus. This I am inclined to believe, as does everyone who has gone to Trophonius to inquire of his oracle. They say that these, when they grew up, proved clever at building sanctuaries for the gods and palaces for men. For they built the temple for Apollo at
So he set over the vessels, in which were his silver and gold, snares or other contrivance, to arrest any who should enter and lay hands on the treasure. Agamedes entered and was kept fast in the trap, but Trophonius cut off his head, lest when day came his brother should be tortured, and he himself be informed of as being concerned in the crime.
9.37.7The earth opened and swallowed up Trophonius at the point in the grove at
Orchomenians also joined with the sons of Codrus in the expedition to
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At They have also a fountain worth seeing, and go down to it to fetch water. The treasury of Minyas, a wonder second to none either in There are graves of Minyas and Hesiod. They say that they thus recovered the bones of Hesiod. A pestilence fell on men and beasts, so that they sent envoys to the god. To these, it is said, the Pythian priestess made answer that to bring the bones of Hesiod from the land of So when the envoys landed, they saw, it is said, a rock not far from the road, with the bird upon the rock; the bones of Hesiod they found in a cleft of the rock. Elegiac verses are inscribed on the tomb:—
Ascra rich in corn was his native land, but when Hesiod died,
The land of the horse-striking Minyans holds his bones,
Whose fame will rise very high in
When men are judged by the touchstone of artistry.
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