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The Origin of Tyranny

Note 905 — Chapter VI · Argos

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Strabo VIII. 389; Paus. II. 29. 5, VII. 4. 2; cp. Hdt. VIII. 46, but contrast Schol. Pind. Ol. VIII. 39, “a certain Triakon of Argos settled Aegina.” Mueller, Aeginetica, p. 67 reconciles the two versions by stating that Deiophontes, “per Triaconem Aeginam occupaverat.” Triakon appears in Tzetzes, Chil. VII. 133 (ll. 317, 319) as developing Aeginetan shipping after Aeacus:

ὁ Αἰακὸς κατάρξας δὲ ποιεῖν αὐτοῖς ὁλκάδας

ὥσπερ καὶ μετὰ θάνατον τοῦ Αἰακοῦ Τριάκων.

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