[169]. Nubes, passim.

[170]. Thuc. vi. 16, 2. The epinikion written by Euripides states that he was first, second, and third. So too does Isocrates, de Bigis, 34.

[171]. vide infra, Fig. [165].

[172]. Part of the inscription was found in 1877, and is now in the Museum at Sparta. Tod, Sparta Mus. Cat. 440. The rest has been recently discovered during the excavations of the British School, and is discussed in the B.S.A. xiii. p. 174. It contains a list of victories won by Damonon and his son, Enymacratidas, in the chariot-race, horse-race, and foot-races at nine local festivals, most of them in Laconia. The inscription belongs to the middle or end of the fifth century. It throws an interesting light on the number of local festivals at this period.

[173]. Ox. Pap. ii. 222.

[174]. Paus. vi. 2, 6.

[175]. Paus. vi. 18, 4.

[176]. Paus. v. 21, 5.

[177]. Paus. v. 21, 5.

[178]. Paus. vi. 3, 7.