[34.] Of this, History furnisheth many examples. When one man made an eminent figure in any profession, the actions of other persons who had the same name were ascribed to him; and it was perhaps partly for this reason that we find different cities contending for the honour of giving birth to men of Genius, or eminence. Callimachus in his Hymn to Jupiter makes an artful use of this circumstance.
Εν δοιη μαλα θυμος‧ επει γενος αμφεριστον.
Ζευ σε μεν Ι’ δαιοισιν εν ουρεσι φασι γενεσθαι
Ζευ σε δ’ εν Αρκαδιη‧ ποτεροι Πατερ εψευσαντο
Κρητες αει ψευσται‧ και γαρ ταφον, ὡ ανα σειο
Κρητες ετεκτηναντο‧ συ δ’ ου θανες· εσσι γαρ αιει.
Callim. p. 4.
[35.] Thus Theocritus.
Ὑμνεομες Ληδας. Τε και αιγιοχω Διος Ὑιω,
Καστορα και φοβερον Πολυδευκεα πυξ ερεθιζεν
Ὑμνεομες και Δις, και το Τριτον.