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 128 HISTORY OF GREECE. bore their names. Almon, the Bon of Sisyphus, alsc received from Eteokles a portion of territory, where he established the village AlmOnes. 1 With Eteokles began, according to a statement in one of the Ilesiodic poems, the worship of the Charites or Graces, so long and so solemnly continued at Orchomenos in the periodical festival of the Charitesia, to which many neighboring towns and districts seem to have contributed. 2 He also distributed the inhabitants into two tribes Eteokleia and Kephisias. He died childless, and was succeeded by Almos, who had only two daughters, Chryse and Chrysogeneia. The son of Chryse by the god Ares was Phlegyas, the father and founder of the warlike and preda- tory Phlegyae, who despoiled every one within their reach, and assaulted not only the pilgrims on their road to Delphi, but even the treasures of the temple itself. The offended god punished them by continued thunder, by earthquakes, and by pestilence, which extinguished all this impious race, except a scanty rem- nant who fled into Phokis. Chrysogeneia, the other daughter of Almos, had for issue, by the god Poseidon, Minyas : the son of Minyas was Orchomenos. From these two was derived the name both of Minyae for the people, and of Orchomenos for the town. 3 During the reign of Orchomenos, Hyettus came to him from Argos, having become an exile in consequence of the death of Molyros : Orchomenos assigned to him a portion of land, where he founded the village called Hyettus. 4 Orchomenos, having no issue, was succeeded by Klymenos, son of Presbon, of the house of Athamas : Kly- menos was slain by some Thebans during the festival of Poseidon at Onchestos ; and his eldest son, Erginus, to avenge his death, attacked the Thebans with his utmost force ; an attack, in which he was so successful, that the latter were forced to submit, and to pay him an annual tribute. 1 Pausan. ix. 34, 5. 2 Ephorus, Fragm. 68, Marx. 3 Fausan. ix. 36, 1-3. See also a legend, about the three daughters of Minyas, which was treated by the Tanngrsean poetess Korinna, the conteropo raiy of Pindar (Antonin. Liberalis, Narr. x.). 4 This exile of Hyettus was recounted in the Eoiai. Hesiod, Fragm. 1 4& Markt