[63]. Paus. v. 2 and 3.
[64]. Bury, History of Greece, p. 110.
[65]. Pindar, Ol. ix. The date of Archilochus is fixed by Hauvette in the first half of the seventh century. Cl. Rev. xxi. p. 143.
[66]. Mimnermus, Fr. 9 (Bergk).
[67]. Aristot. Politics, v. 4.
[68]. The recent excavations at Sparta prove that the decline of athletics coincided with the decline of art. Mr. R. M. Dawkins, writing in last report of the B.S.A., vol. xiv. p. 2, says: “In every case we have the remarkable result that the finest works belong to the seventh century, and that the sixth already shows the beginning of the decline which is so marked in the very poor character of the finds of the fifth century.”
[69]. Hyde, op. cit. p. 56.
[70]. Paus. iii. 13, 9.
[71]. For the treasuries at Olympia vide Louis Dyer, in J.H.S. vols. xxv. and xxvi.
[72]. The legends connected with these festivals are collected in Krause, Pythien, and the various articles on them in Dar.-Sagl.