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BCEOTIA KEPKESENTED BY HERCULES.
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porary exile from Attica; and which consigns Hippolytus, the son of Theseus
and the Amazon Hippolyta, for his education to the same place. In con-
nection with these accounts, it will he remembered, that Troezen was the
PENINSULA OE METHANA, BAY OF TRtKZES, AXU TOWN UE EUROS.
principal asylum of a part of the population of Attica, when driven from their
country by the Persians before the battle of Salamis; and, perhaps, these
Athenian traditions themselves are allusive to that fact, and are grateful
memorials of it. It may be added, as a further indication of this intimacy,
that Sphettus and Anaphlystus, two important cities on the western coast of
Attica, are said, in mythological language, to be the sons of Troezen.
Several instances have been referred to in which the superiority of Theseus
over his rival Hercules is evinced. Hercules indeed remained without a
competitor in deeds of physical force. The palm of greater excellence in
athletic exercises was willingly conceded by the Athenians to Thebes; and
the eminence of Thebes in this respect was regarded by its more intel-
lectual neighbours as one of the causes that conduced to give its inha-
bitants a character which was neither to be envied nor admired. Hercules
was thus no statesman; he framed no laws, settled no form of government,
organized no religious or civil societies. But all these things were done
Ts
BCEOTIA KEPKESENTED BY HERCULES.
f'4
151
porary exile from Attica; and which consigns Hippolytus, the son of Theseus
and the Amazon Hippolyta, for his education to the same place. In con-
nection with these accounts, it will he remembered, that Troezen was the
PENINSULA OE METHANA, BAY OF TRtKZES, AXU TOWN UE EUROS.
principal asylum of a part of the population of Attica, when driven from their
country by the Persians before the battle of Salamis; and, perhaps, these
Athenian traditions themselves are allusive to that fact, and are grateful
memorials of it. It may be added, as a further indication of this intimacy,
that Sphettus and Anaphlystus, two important cities on the western coast of
Attica, are said, in mythological language, to be the sons of Troezen.
Several instances have been referred to in which the superiority of Theseus
over his rival Hercules is evinced. Hercules indeed remained without a
competitor in deeds of physical force. The palm of greater excellence in
athletic exercises was willingly conceded by the Athenians to Thebes; and
the eminence of Thebes in this respect was regarded by its more intel-
lectual neighbours as one of the causes that conduced to give its inha-
bitants a character which was neither to be envied nor admired. Hercules
was thus no statesman; he framed no laws, settled no form of government,
organized no religious or civil societies. But all these things were done