Histories

Herodotus

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

Now when those same Heraclidae had been rejected by every Greek people to whom they resorted to escape the tyranny of the Mycenaeans, we alone received them.[*](Hyllus, pursued by his enemy Eurystheus, took refuge with the Athenians, and with their aid defeated and killed Eurystheus and his sons.) With them we vanquished those who then inhabited the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese, and we broke the pride of Eurystheus.

Furthermore, when the Argives who had marched with Polynices [*](When Polynices tried to recover Thebes [23.3333,38.325] (Perseus) Thebes from his brother Eteocles; see Aeschylus “Seven against Thebes [23.3333,38.325] (Perseus) Thebes”) against Thebes [23.3333,38.325] (Perseus) Thebes had there made an end of their lives and lay unburied, know that we sent our army against the Cadmeans and recovered the dead and buried them in +Eleusis [23.5583,38.0417] (Perseus) Eleusis.