Note 4:2 — INTRODUCTION.[vii:1]
Andrew P. (Andrew Preston) Peabody translation
Aristocrates, king of Orchomenus in Arcadia, joined the Messenians in war against Sparta, and was bribed by the Lacedaemonians to betray his allies in the battle of Taphrus. Many years afterward, his treachery became known, and he was stoned to death by his own subjects.