See also:

• ARISTODEMUS (8th century s.c.)

ARISTODEMUS (8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century s.c.)  , semi-legendary ruler of See also:

• MESSENIA (Gr. M€ rcr vrl or M€o o vta)

Messenia in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the first Messenian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . Tradition relates that, after some six years' fighting, the Messenians were forced to retire to the fortified See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of Ithome . The Delphic See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle bade them See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice a virgin of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Aepytus . See also:

• ARISTODEMUS (8th century s.c.)

Aristodemus offered his own daughter, and when her See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover, hoping to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save her See also:

• LIFE

life, declared that she was no longer a See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden, he slew her with his own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand to prove the assertion false . In the thirteenth See also:

• YEAR

year of the war, Euphaes, the Messenian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, died . As he See also:

• LEFT

left no See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, popular See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election was resorted to, and Aristodemus was chosen as his successor, though the See also:

• NATIONAL

national soothsayers objected to him as the murderer of his daughter . As a ruler he was mild and conciliatory . He was victorious in the pitched See also:

• BATTLE

battle fought at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of Ithome in the fifth year of his reign, a battle in which the Messenians, reinforced by the entire Arcadian See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy and picked contingents from See also:

• ARGOS

Argos and See also:

• SICYON, or SECYON (the latter being the older form used by the natives)

Sicyon, defeated the combined Spartan and Corinthian forces . Shortly afterwards, however, led by unfavourable omens to despair of final success, he killed himself on his daughter's See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb . Though little is known of his life and the See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology is uncertain, yet Aristodemus may fairly be regarded as a See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . His reign is dated 731—724 B.C. by See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias, and this may be taken as approximately correct, though See also:

• DUNCKER, MAXIMILIAN WOLFGANG (1811—1886)

Duncker (See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, Eng. trans., ii. p . 69) inclines to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place it eight years later .

Pausanias iv . 9-13 is practically our only authority . He followed as his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief source the See also:

• PROSE

prose history of See also:

• MYRON

Myron of See also:

• PRIENE (mod. Samsun kale)

Priene, an untrustworthy writer, probably of the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century Inc.; hence a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of his See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story must be regarded as fanciful, though we cannot distinguish accurately between the true and the fictitious . (M . N .