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OF the religion of greece,
c^use he was Apollo's father, and thought to delight most in such feet, as
being educated in Crete, where they were used ; 5. Mjjt^ov, to the ho-
nour of mother Earth, because the Delphian oracle belonged to her, be-
fore it came into Apollo's hand ; 6. Xvffyyipg; or the serpent's hissing.
By others it is thus described (i) : 1, TLelf>a, an imitation of Apollo
preparing himself for the fight with all the circumspection of a prudent
and cautious warrior ; 2, KaTaxsXsutffio?, a challenge given to the enemy ;
3, Ii*fx§<xo£, a representation of the fight, during which the trumpets
sounded a point of war; it was so called from iambic verses, whici. are
the most proper to express passion and rage ; 4, 2<xo*5e'i'og, so called from
the feet of that name, or from cWv<5siv, i. e. to offer a libation, because it
was always customary to return thanks to the gods, and offer sacrifices ;
5, K«T«^6f£urf(f, a representation of Apollo's dancing after his victory (2).
Afterwards, in the third year of the 48th olympiad, the Amphictyones,
who were presidents of these games, introduced flutes, which till that
time had not been used at this solemnity ; the first that won the prize
was Sacadas of Argos : but because they were more proper for funeral
songs and lamentations, than the merry and jocund airs at festivals, they
were in a short time laid aside. They added likewise all the gymnical
exercises used in Olympian games, and made a law, that none should con-
tend in running but boys. At, or near the same time, they changed the
prizes, which had before been of value into crowns or garlands ; and
gave these games the name of Pythia, from Pythian Apollo, whereas, till
that time (as some say) they had either another name, or no peculiar
name at all. Horse-races also, or chariot-races, were introduced about
thetime of Clisthenes, king of Argos, who obtained the first victory in
there, riding in a chariot drawn by four horses ; and several other changes
were by degrees made in these games, which 1 shall not trouble you
with. / 4 m*\\*u- * >'«(■> ■ .. > \ ■ .' •»?#?•
CHAP. XXIV
of the nemean games.
The Nemean games (3) were so called from Nemea, a village, and grove,
between the cities Cleonaes and Philius, where they were celebrated eve-
ry third year, upon the twelfth of the Corinthian month Uavijxog, called
sometimes Isfofwjv/a, which is the same with the Athenian Boedromion.
The exercises were chariot-races, and all the parts of the pentathlum.
The presidents were elected out of Corinth, Argos, and Cleonae, and ap-
parelled in black clothes, the habit of mourners, because these games
were a funeral solemnity instituted in memory of "pheltes, otherwise
called Archemorus, from ag/v, i. e. a beginning, and i*6f>*g, i. e.fate, or
death, because Amphiaraus foretold his death soon after he began to live ;
or, according to Statins (4), because that misfortune was a prelude to all
the bad success that befel the Theban champions ; for Archemorus was
, (1) Julius Scaliger Poeticis, lib. i. cap. 23. (3) Strabo, lib. viii. Pausanias Corinth, Eliac,
(2) Julius Pollux Onom. lib. iv. cap. 10. 3'. Pindari Schol. Nemeon,
(4) Thebaic!, lib. v.
c^use he was Apollo's father, and thought to delight most in such feet, as
being educated in Crete, where they were used ; 5. Mjjt^ov, to the ho-
nour of mother Earth, because the Delphian oracle belonged to her, be-
fore it came into Apollo's hand ; 6. Xvffyyipg; or the serpent's hissing.
By others it is thus described (i) : 1, TLelf>a, an imitation of Apollo
preparing himself for the fight with all the circumspection of a prudent
and cautious warrior ; 2, KaTaxsXsutffio?, a challenge given to the enemy ;
3, Ii*fx§<xo£, a representation of the fight, during which the trumpets
sounded a point of war; it was so called from iambic verses, whici. are
the most proper to express passion and rage ; 4, 2<xo*5e'i'og, so called from
the feet of that name, or from cWv<5siv, i. e. to offer a libation, because it
was always customary to return thanks to the gods, and offer sacrifices ;
5, K«T«^6f£urf(f, a representation of Apollo's dancing after his victory (2).
Afterwards, in the third year of the 48th olympiad, the Amphictyones,
who were presidents of these games, introduced flutes, which till that
time had not been used at this solemnity ; the first that won the prize
was Sacadas of Argos : but because they were more proper for funeral
songs and lamentations, than the merry and jocund airs at festivals, they
were in a short time laid aside. They added likewise all the gymnical
exercises used in Olympian games, and made a law, that none should con-
tend in running but boys. At, or near the same time, they changed the
prizes, which had before been of value into crowns or garlands ; and
gave these games the name of Pythia, from Pythian Apollo, whereas, till
that time (as some say) they had either another name, or no peculiar
name at all. Horse-races also, or chariot-races, were introduced about
thetime of Clisthenes, king of Argos, who obtained the first victory in
there, riding in a chariot drawn by four horses ; and several other changes
were by degrees made in these games, which 1 shall not trouble you
with. / 4 m*\\*u- * >'«(■> ■ .. > \ ■ .' •»?#?•
CHAP. XXIV
of the nemean games.
The Nemean games (3) were so called from Nemea, a village, and grove,
between the cities Cleonaes and Philius, where they were celebrated eve-
ry third year, upon the twelfth of the Corinthian month Uavijxog, called
sometimes Isfofwjv/a, which is the same with the Athenian Boedromion.
The exercises were chariot-races, and all the parts of the pentathlum.
The presidents were elected out of Corinth, Argos, and Cleonae, and ap-
parelled in black clothes, the habit of mourners, because these games
were a funeral solemnity instituted in memory of "pheltes, otherwise
called Archemorus, from ag/v, i. e. a beginning, and i*6f>*g, i. e.fate, or
death, because Amphiaraus foretold his death soon after he began to live ;
or, according to Statins (4), because that misfortune was a prelude to all
the bad success that befel the Theban champions ; for Archemorus was
, (1) Julius Scaliger Poeticis, lib. i. cap. 23. (3) Strabo, lib. viii. Pausanias Corinth, Eliac,
(2) Julius Pollux Onom. lib. iv. cap. 10. 3'. Pindari Schol. Nemeon,
(4) Thebaic!, lib. v.