[15] In making this statement I have regarded Thessaly as not forming part of Hellas. Thessaly was completely cut off from the rest by two great ranges of mountains and was conquered before the beginning of Greek history by a people who were not truly Hellenic.
[16] These areas of Argolis, Attica, Laconia are calculated from the maps in Smith's Atlas: the other areas referred to are taken from the Statesman's Yearbook, or the article Graecia in Smith's Dictionary of Geography.
[17] Odyssey II. 30 ἀγγελίην στρατοῦ ἐρχομένοιο (news of the host returning).
[18] Odyssey II. 32 ἦέ τι ζημιον ἄλλο πιφαύσκεται ἠδ' ἀγορεύει; (or has he any other public business to discuss?)
[19] Iliad XVIII. 497 νεῖκος (a dispute).
[20] Odyssey II. 1-259, Iliad XVIII. 497-508.
[21] Odyssey II. 6. The Ithacan assembly was summoned by the king's son in his father's absence: but the summons was irregular, as is shown in the next paragraph.
[22] Iliad XVIII. 503
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