herodotus

apeontos} refers perhaps rather to the case of Heracles, thelegend of whose birth is rejected by Herodotus (see ii. 43), andrejected also by this genealogy, which passes through Amphitryonup to Perseus. I take it that {tou theou apeontos} means"reckoning Heracles" (who is mentioned by name just below in thisconnexion) "as the son of Amphitryon and not of Zeus."37. i.e. "of heaven."38. {medimnon}, the Lacedemonian {medimnos} being equal to rather morethan two bushels.39. {tetarten Lakomiken}, quantity uncertain.40. {proxeinous}.41. {khoinikas}. There were 48 {khoinikes} in the {medimnos}.42. {kotulen}.42a. The loose manner in which this is expressed, leaving it uncertainwhether each king was supposed by the writer to have two votesgiven for him (cp. Thuc. i. 20), or whether the double vote wasone for each king, must of course be reproduced in thetranslation.43. {perioikon}.44. See ch. 51.45. {proergazomenon}: a conjectural emendation of {prosergazomenon}.46. {tes apates te paragoge}, "by the misleading of the deception."47. i.e. lunar months.48. {en thoko katemeno}.49. {pandemei}.50. {aren}.51. i.e. "prayed for by the people."52. {di a}: a conjectural emendation of {dia ta}. Some Editors supposethat other words have dropped out.