[142] According to Diodorus, Cimon early in life made a very wealthy marriage; Themistocles recommended him to a rich father-in-law, in a witticism, which, with a slight variation, Plutarch has also recorded, though he does not give its application to Cimon.
[143] Corn. Nep. in vit. Cim.
[144] Thucyd., lib. i.
[145] Ibid., lib. i. Plut. in vit. Cim. Diod. Sic., lib. xi.
[146] See Clinton, Fast. Hell., vol. ii., p. 34, in comment upon Bentley.
[147] Athenaeus, lib. xii.
[148] Plut. in vit. Them.
[149] Plut. in vit. Aristid.
[150] About twenty-three English acres. This was by no means a despicable estate in the confined soil of Attica.
[151] Aristot. apud Plat. vit. Cim.