[73]. The victory of Chromius of Aetna, celebrated by Pindar, Nem. ix., was won not at Nemea but at the Sicyonian Pythia.
[74]. The existence of such rivalry is suggested by the quarrel recorded by Pausanias v. 2, 3, with regard to the colossal statue set up by Cypselus at Olympia, and in the account given by Herodotus ix. 81 of the distribution of the Persian spoils. A statue of Zeus 10 cubits high is set up at Olympia, while that of Poseidon at the Isthmus is only 7 cubits high. So Pindar, Ol. xiii. 25, prays that Zeus may not be jealous if he sings the praise of Corinth.
[75]. Adapted from Jebb’s Bacchylides.
[76]. Hdt. ii. 160.
[77]. Louis Dyer, “The Olympic Council” in Harvard Studies, 1907, p. 36; Paus. vi. 3, 7; Ol. Ins. 372-486 passim.
[78]. W. Helbig, Les Hippeis athéniens.
[79]. Pindar, Ol. ix, xiii. etc.
[80]. B.M. Bronzes, 135.
[81]. Hdt. i. 59.
[82]. Hermipp. Fr. 14. The story is suspicious, because the Spartans are said not to have been allowed to compete in boxing.