[811] Sordid avarice and covetousness have taken such hold upon them, that among the Cretans alone, of all nations, nothing in the form of gain is considered dishonourable. Polybius, b. vi.
[812] His father, Temenus, was the founder of Argos. See b. viii.
[813] There is, however, diversity of opinions on the subject.
[814] Aristotle, Politics, b. ii. c. 10, where he compares the Cretan with the Lacedæmonian constitution.
[815] τῶν γερόντων
[816] ἱππέων
[817] According to Plutarch, with the poems of Homer.
[818] Herod. i. 65.
[819] Anciently Calliste, Herod., now Santorino, a corruption of Santa Irene, to whom it was dedicated.
[820] Nanphio, or Anafi.