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Now the Gephyraean clan, of which the slayers of Hipparchus were members, claim to have come at first from +Eretria [23.8083,38.3917] (Perseus) Eretria, but my own enquiry shows that they were among the Phoenicians 1 who came with Cadmus to the country now called Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia. In that country the lands of +Tanagra [23.6,38.3083] (Perseus) Tanagra were allotted to them, and this is where they settled.
Now the Gephyraean clan, of which the slayers of Hipparchus were members, claim to have come at first from +Eretria [23.8083,38.3917] (Perseus) Eretria, but my own enquiry shows that they were among the Phoenicians 1 who came with Cadmus to the country now called Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia. In that country the lands of +Tanagra [23.6,38.3083] (Perseus) Tanagra were allotted to them, and this is where they settled.
[2] The
Cadmeans had first been expelled from there by the
Argives,
2
and these
Gephyraeans were forced to go to
Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens after being expelled in turn by the
Boeotians. The
Athenians received them as citizens of their own on set terms, debarring them from many practices not deserving of mention here.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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