Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

Croesus burst out laughing at the sight and gave him all the gold he already had and that much more again. Thus the family grew very rich; Alcmeon came to keep four-horse chariots and won with them at Olympia [21.6333,37.65] (Perseus)Olympia.

In the next generation Cleisthenes[*](Cleisthenes of Sikyon [22.725,37.9833] (Perseus)Sicyon was contemporary with Alcmeon.) the tyrant of Sikyon [22.725,37.9833] (Perseus)Sicyon raised that house still higher, so that it grew much more famous in Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas than it had formerly been. Cleisthenes son of Aristonymus son of Myron son of Andreas had one daughter, whose name was Agariste. He desired to wed her to the best man he could find in Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas.