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In the same way the Dorians of the region which is now called the
Pentapolis, but which was formerly known as the Doric Hexapolis,
exclude all their Dorian neighbours from their temple, the Triopium:
nay, they have even gone so far as to shut out from it certain of their
own body who were guilty of an offence against the customs of the
place. In the games which were anciently celebrated in honour of the
Triopian Apollo, the prizes given to the victors were tripods of
brass; and the rule was that these tripods should not be carried away
from the temple, but should then and there be dedicated to the god.
Now a man of Halicarnassus, whose name was Agasicles, being
declared victor in the games, in open contempt of the law, took the
tripod home to his own house and there hung it against the wall. As a
punishment for this fault, the five other cities, Lindus,
Ialyssus, Cameirus, Cos, and Cnidus, deprived the sixth city,
Halicarnassus, of the right of entering the temple.
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