OF GREECE.

Molione, the wife of Actor, made diligent search for the murderer of her sons. As soon as she learned who it was, the Eleans demanded justice from the Argives against the man by whom they were slain, for Hercules then lived in Tyrintha. But when the Argives denied their request, they tried to persuade the Corinthians to forbid anyone bearing an Argolic name from celebrating the Isthmian games, due to the violated league. Failing in this, Molione is said to have laid dreadful curses upon such of her citizens as might be unwilling to refrain from the Isthmian games. Even at present, the Eleans so religiously observe the imprecations of Molione that those among them who exercise their bodies in contests similar to the Isthmian games never celebrate the Isthmian games themselves.

There are two different accounts regarding this affair. According to some, Cypselus, who was a tyrant over the Corinthians, dedicated a golden statue to Jupiter at Olympia. Cypselus died before his name could be inscribed on the gift, so the Corinthians requested that the Eleans permit them to inscribe the name of their city upon it. The Eleans would not consent, and the Corinthians, enraged at the refusal, forbade them from attending the Isthmian games. But if this were the case, how can it be explained that the Corinthians participated in the games at Olympia at the very time they would not permit the Eleans to join in the Isthmian games? According to others, Prolaus, a man of illustrious rank among the Eleans whose wife was Lysippe, had two sons by her, Philanthus and Lampus. These sons, when they came to the Isthmian games (for they were