“Te repudio, nec recipio, natum abdico,
Facesse.”
The legend of Teukros was connected in Attic archæology with the peculiar functions and formalities of the judicature, ἐν Φρεαττοῖ (Pausan. i. 28, 12; ii. 29, 7).
[449] Hesiod, Fragm. Düntz. Eoiai, 55, y. 43.—
Ἀλκὴν μὲν γὰρ ἔδωκεν Ὀλύμπιος Αἰακίδαισι,
Νοῦν δ᾽ Ἀμυθαονίδαις, πλοῦτον δ᾽ ἔπορ᾽ Ἀτρείδῃσι.
Polyb. v. 2.—
Αἰακίδας, πολέμῳ κεχαρηότας ἠΰτε δαιτί.
[450] See his Æginetica, p. 14, his earliest work.
[451] Pindar, Olymp. ix. 74. The hero Ajax, son of Oïleus, was especially worshipped at Opus; solemn festivals and games were celebrated in his honor.