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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 20 20 Browse Search
Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer) 1 1 Browse Search
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Apollodorus, Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer), book E (search)
Il. xiii.66; Iamblichus, De Pythagorica vita, viii.42; Suidas, s.v. poinh/ （quoting Aelian）; Serv. Verg. A. 1.41. Servius, in contradiction to our other authorities, says that only one maiden was sent annually. Strabo appears to affirm that the custom originated as late as the Persian period （ta\s de\ Lokri/das pemfqh=nai Persw=n h)/dh kratou/ntwn sune/bh）. This view is accepted by Clinton, who accordingly holds that the custom lasted from 559 B.C. to 346 B.C.（Fasti Hellenici, i.134ff.）. After Agamemnon had returned to Mycenae with Cassandra, he was murdered by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra; for she gave him a shirt without sleeves and without a neck, and while he was putting it on he was cut down, and Aegisthus reigned over Mycenae.As to the murder of Agamemnon, see Hom. Od. 3.193ff.; Hom. Od. 303-305; Hom. Od. 4.529-537; Hom. Od. 11.404-434; Hagias, Returns, summarized by Proclus, in Epic