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Now that these descendants of Perdiccas are Greeks, as they themselves say, I myself chance to know and will prove it in the later part of my history. Furthermore, the Hellenodicae 1 who manage the contest at Olympia [21.6333,37.65] (Perseus)Olympia determined that it is so,
Now that these descendants of Perdiccas are Greeks, as they themselves say, I myself chance to know and will prove it in the later part of my history. Furthermore, the Hellenodicae 1 who manage the contest at Olympia [21.6333,37.65] (Perseus)Olympia determined that it is so,
[2] for when
Alexander chose to contend and entered the lists for that purpose, the
Greeks who were to run against him wanted to bar him from the race, saying that the contest should be for
Greeks and not for foreigners.
Alexander, however, proving himself to be an
Argive, was judged to be a
Greek. He accordingly competed in the furlong race and tied step for first place. This, then, is approximately what happened.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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