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 200 HISTORY OF GREECE. of Troy even with all her allies included. 1 It comprised hercci with their followers from the extreme points of Greece from the north-western portions of Thessalj under Mount Olympus, as well as the western islands of Dulicliium and Ithaca, and the eastern islands of Krete and Rhodes. Agamemnon himself con- tributed 100 ships manned with the subjects of his kingdom of Mykenae, besides furnishing 60 ships to the Arcadians, who pos- sessed none of their own. JMenelaus brought with him GO ships, Nestor from Pylus 90, Idomeneus from Krete and Diomedes from Argos 80 each. Forty ships were manned by the Eleians, under four different chiefs ; the like number under Meges from Dulichium and the Echinades, and under Thoas from Kalydon and the other JEtolian towns. Odysseus from Ithaca, and Ajax from Salamis, brought 12 ships each. The Abantes from Eu- boea, under Elephenor, filled 40 vessels ; the Boeotians, under Peneleos and Leitus, 50 ; the inhabitants of Orchomenus and Aspledon, 30 ; the light-armed Locrians, under Ajax son of Oile- us, 2 40 ; the Phokians as many. The Athenians, under Menes- theus, a chief distinguished for his skill in marshalling an army, mustered 50 ships ; the Myrmidons from Phthia and Hellas, undei Achilles, assembled in 50 ships ; Protesilaus from Phylake and Pyrasus, and Eurypylus from Ormenium, each came with 40 ships ; Machaon and Podaleirius, from Trikka, with 30 ; Adme- tus, from Pherte and the lake Bcebeis, with 11 ; and Philoktetes from Meliboea with 7 : the Lapithas, under Polypostes, son of Peirithous, filled 40 vessels ; the .ZEnianes and Perrhsebians, under Guneus, 3 22 ; and the Magnetes under Prothous, 40 ; these last two were from the northernmost parts of Thessaly, near the mountains Pelion and Olympus. From Rhodes, under Tlepole- mus, son of Herakles, appeared 9 ships ; from Syme, under the comely but effeminate Mreus, 3 ; from K6s, Krapathus and the 1 Iliad, ii. 128. Uschold CGeschichtc des Trojanischcn Kricgs, p. 9, Stutgart 1836) makes the total 135,000 men. 2 The Hesiodic Catalogue notices Oilens, or Dens, with a singular ctymo logy of his name (Fragm. 136, ed. Marktscheffel). 3 Tovveiie is the Heros Eponymus of the town of Gonnus in Thessaly ; tin duplication of the consonant and shortening of the vowe oelonc to th jftolic dialect (Ahrcns. De Dialect, ^olic. 50, 4. p. 220).