There was an oligarchy, and this group of men, called the Bacchiadae, held sway in the city, marrying and giving in marriage among themselves. Now Amphion, one of these men, had a crippled daughter, whose name was Labda. 1 Since none of the Bacchiadae would marry her, she was wedded to Eetion son of Echecrates, of the township of +Petra [22.7083,39.4917] (Perseus) Petra, a Lapith by lineage and of the posterity of Caeneus.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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