Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 155
was not permitted to indulgein acrobatic feats, and young Hippoclides learned this fact 152 WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL. at very great expense, as may be seen from the followingnarrative, taken from Herodotus :— Clisthenes, King of Sicyon, who had raised his familyto the highest renown,… … Female Acrobats. (From an ancient vase.) to make this proclamation : * Wlioever among the Greeksconsiders himself worthy to become the son-in-law of CHs-thenes, has only to present himself at Sicyon within sixtydays, or sooner, if more suitable. At the end of the yearClisthenes will name the man…
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