Lelex—autochthonous in Lacônia.—Tyndareus and Lêda.—Offspring of Lêda.—1. Castôr, Timandra, Klytæmnêstra, 2. Pollux, Helen.—Castôr and Pollux.—Legend of the Attic Dekeleia.—Idas and Lynkeus.—Great functions and power of the Dioskuri.—Messênian genealogy.—Periêrês—Idas and Marpêssa. 168-173
Pelasgus.—Lykaôn and his fifty sons.—Legend of Lykaôn—ferocity punished by the gods.—Deep religious faith of Pausanias.—His view of past and present world.—Kallistô and Arkas.—Azan, Apheidas, Elatus.—Aleus, Augê, Telephus.—Ancæus.—Echemus.—Echemus kills Hyllus.—Hêrakleids repelled from Peloponnêsus.—Korônis and Asklêpius.—Extended worship of Asklêpius—numerous legends.—Machaôn and Podaleirius.—Numerous Asklêpiads, or descendants from Asklêpius.—Temples of Asklêpius—sick persons healed there. 173-183
ÆAKUS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.—ÆGINA, SALAMIS, AND PHTHIA.
Æakus—son of Zeus and Ægina.—Offspring of Æakus—Pêleus, Telamôn, Phôkus.—Prayers of Æakus—procure relief for Greece—Phôkus killed by Pêleus and Telamôn.—Telamôn, banished, goes to Salamis.—Pêleus—goes to Phthia—his marriage with Thetis.—Neoptolemus.—Ajax, his son Philæus the eponymous hero of a dême in Attica.—Teukrus banished, settles in Cyprus.—Diffusion of the Æakid genealogy. 184-190
Erechtheus—autochthonous.—Attic legends—originally from different roots—each dême had its own.—Little noticed by the old epic poets.—Kekrops.—Kranaus—Pandiôn.—Daughters of Pandiôn—Proknê, Philomêla.—Legend of Têreus.—Daughters of Erechtheus—Prokris.—Kreüsa.—Oreithyia, the wife of Boreas.—Prayers of the Athenians to Boreas—his gracious help in their danger.—Erechtheus and Eumolpus.—Voluntary self-sacrifice of the three daughters of Erechtheus.—Kreüsa and Iôn.—Sons of Pandiôn—Ægeus, etc.—Thêseus.—His legendary character refined.—Plutarch—his way of handling the matter of legend.—Legend of the Amazons.—Its antiquity and prevalence.—Glorious achievements of the Amazons.—Their ubiquity.—Universally received as a portion of the Greek past.—Amazons produced as present by the historians of Alexander.—Conflict of faith and reason in the historical critics. 191-217
Minôs and Rhadamanthus, sons of Zeus.—Europê.—Pasiphaê and the Minôtaur.—Scylla and Nisus.—Death of Androgeos, and anger of Minôs against Athens.—Athenian victims for the Minôtaur.—Self-devotion of Thêseus—he kills the Minôtaur.—Athenian commemorative ceremonies.—Family of Minôs.—Minôs and Dædalus—flight of the latter to Sicily.—Minôs goes to retake him, but is killed.—Semi-Krêtan settlements elsewhere—connected with this voyage of Minôs.—Sufferings of the Krêtans afterwards from the wrath of Minôs.—Portrait of Minôs—how varied.—Affinity between Krête and Asia Minor. 218-230