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So he escaped by the intervention of Croesus, but he later died childless and left his rule and possessions to Stesagoras, the son of his half-brother Cimon. Since his death, the people of the Gelibolu Yarimadasi (peninsula), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaChersonese offer sacrifices to him as their founder in the customary manner, instituting a contest of horse races and gymnastics. No one from +Lapseki [26.7,40.366] (inhabited place), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Lampsacus is allowed to compete.
So he escaped by the intervention of Croesus, but he later died childless and left his rule and possessions to Stesagoras, the son of his half-brother Cimon. Since his death, the people of the Gelibolu Yarimadasi (peninsula), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaChersonese offer sacrifices to him as their founder in the customary manner, instituting a contest of horse races and gymnastics. No one from +Lapseki [26.7,40.366] (inhabited place), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Lampsacus is allowed to compete.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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