Note 976 — Chapter VII · Corinth

Hdt. V. 92; Aristot. Pol. III. 1284a, VII. (V.), 1311a; Dion. Hal. IV. 56. Myres, J.H.S. XXVI. pp. 110 f. makes Periander an active partner in the Milesian thalassocracy, which he dates at this period. Reasons for not accepting Myres on the Milesian thalassocracy are suggested in the chapter on Egypt, but his account of Periander’s naval support of Thrasybulus is valuable and convincing. Myres quotes the story of Arion and his wonderful adventure with the pirates and the dolphins on the Corinthian merchant ship that was bearing him to Periander’s court, Hdt. I. 23–4; Plut. Sept. Sap. Conv. 18 f. (Moral. 161).