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Why is it that among the Rhodians a herald
does not enter the shrine of the hero Ocridion?
Is it because Ochimus affianced his daughter
Cydippê to Ocridion? But Cercaphus, who was the
brother of Ochimus, was in love with the maiden and
persuaded the herald (for it used to be the custom
to use heralds to fetch the brides), when he should
receive Cydippê, to bring her to him. When this
had been accomplished, Cercaphus fled with the
maiden ; but later, when Ochimus had grown old,
Cercaphus returned to his home again. But the
custom became established among the Rhodians that
a herald should not approach the shrine of Ocridion
because of the wrong that had been done.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 4.
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