HISTORY OF GREECE

CHAPTER XVIII.

CLOSING EVENTS OF LEGENDARY GREECE. — PERIOD OFINTERMEDIATE DARKNESS, BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORICAL GREECE.

Section I. — Return ofthe Herakleids into Peloponnêsus.

Exile and low condition of the Herakleids. — Theirreappearance as a powerful force along with the Dorians. — Mythicalaccount of this alliance, as well as of the three tribes of Dorians.— Têmenus, Kresphontês, and Aristodêmus, invade Peloponnêsus acrossthe gulf of Corinth. — The prophet Karnus slain by Hippotês. — Oxyluschosen as guide. — Division of the lands of Peloponnêsus among theinvaders. — Explanatory value of these legendary events. — Mythicaltitle of the Dorians to Peloponnêsus. — Plato makes out a differenttitle for the same purpose. — Other legends respecting the Achæansand Tisamenus. — Occupation of Argos, Sparta, and Messênia, by theDorians. — Dorians at Corinth — Alêtês. — Oxylus and the Ætolians atElis. — Rights of the Eleians to superintend the Olympic games. —Family of Têmenus and Kresphontês lowest in the series of subjectsfor the heroic drama. — Pretence of the historical Spartan kings toAchæan origin. — Emigrations from Peloponnêsus consequent on theDorian occupation. — Epeians, Pylians, Achæans, Ionians. — Ionians inthe north of Peloponnêsus — not recognized by Homer. — Date assignedby Thucydidês to the return of the Herakleids.

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Section II. —Migration of Thessalians and Bœotians.

Thessalians move from Thesprôtis into Thessaly.— Non-Hellenic character of the Thessalians. — Bœotians — theirmigration from Thessaly into Bœotia. — Discrepant legends about theBœotians. — Affinities between Bœotia and Thessaly. — Transitionfrom mythical to historical Bœotia.

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[p.iv]Section III — Emigrations fromGreece to Asia and the Islands of the Ægæan.

1. Æolic Emigration.

Secession of the mythical races of Greece. — Æolicmigration under the Pelopids.

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