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How the Accursed at Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens had received their name, I will now relate. There was an Athenian named Cylon, who had been a winner at Olympia [21.6333,37.65] (Perseus)Olympia. This man put on the air of one who aimed at tyranny, and gathering a company of men of like age, he attempted to seize the citadel. When he could not win it, he took sanctuary by the goddess' statue.
How the Accursed at Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens had received their name, I will now relate. There was an Athenian named Cylon, who had been a winner at Olympia [21.6333,37.65] (Perseus)Olympia. This man put on the air of one who aimed at tyranny, and gathering a company of men of like age, he attempted to seize the citadel. When he could not win it, he took sanctuary by the goddess' statue.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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