...that it was true, and I have seen before now men trying to keep off hail by sacrifices and spells. Methana, then, is a peninsula of the Peloponnesus. Within it, bordering on the land of Troezen, is Hermion e. 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 ...