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237.<br />

entage, and too ancient to allow<br />

his descent to be traced to<br />

any other source. But in a<br />

genealogy recorded by later<br />

writers, he is likewise the adopted<br />

son <strong>of</strong> Asterius, as descendant<br />

<strong>of</strong> Dorus, the son <strong>of</strong><br />

Helen, and is thus connected<br />

with a colony said to have been<br />

led into Creta by Tentamus, or<br />

Tectamus, son <strong>of</strong> Dorus, who<br />

is related either to have crossed<br />

over from <strong>The</strong>ssaly, or to have<br />

embarked at Malea after having<br />

led his followers by land<br />

into Laconia."—Thirlwall, p.<br />

136, seq.<br />

Milton has emulated this passage,<br />

in describing the couch<br />

<strong>of</strong> our first parents:—

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