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Methana , then, is a peninsula of the Peloponnesus . Within it, bordering on the land of Troezen , is Hermione . The founder of the old city, the Hermionians say, was Hermion , the son of Europs. Now Europs, whose father was certainly Phoroneus, Herophanes of Troezen said was an illegitimate child. For surely the kingdom of Argos would never have devolved upon Argus, Niobe's son, the grandchild of Phoroneus, in the presence of a legitimate son.
Methana , then, is a peninsula of the Peloponnesus . Within it, bordering on the land of Troezen , is Hermione . The founder of the old city, the Hermionians say, was Hermion , the son of Europs. Now Europs, whose father was certainly Phoroneus, Herophanes of Troezen said was an illegitimate child. For surely the kingdom of Argos would never have devolved upon Argus, Niobe's son, the grandchild of Phoroneus, in the presence of a legitimate son.
Description of Greece. Pausanias. W.H.S. Jones (Translator), H.A. Ormerod (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1918-1935.
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