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On the completion of these works Croesus sent them away to Delphi,
and with them two bowls of an enormous size, one of gold, the other of
silver, which used to stand, the latter upon the right, the former
upon the left, as one entered the temple. They too were moved at the
time of the fire; and now the golden one is in the Clazomenian
treasury, and weighs eight talents and forty-two minae; the silver
one stands in the corner of the ante-chapel, and holds six hundred
amphorae. This is known because the Delphians fill it at the time of
the Theophania. It is said by the Delphians to be a work of
Theodore the Samian, and I think that they say true, for assuredly
it is the work of no common artist. Croesus sent also four silver
casks, which are in the Corinthian treasury, and two lustral vases,
a golden and a silver one. On the former is inscribed the name of the
Lacedaemonians, and they claim it as a gift of theirs, but wrongly,
since it was really given by Croesus. The inscription upon it was cut
by a Delphian, who wished to pleasure the Lacedaemonians. His name
is known to me, but I forbear to mention it. The boy, through whose
hand the water runs, is (I confess) a Lacedaemonian gift, but they
did not give either of the lustral vases. Besides these various
offerings, Croesus sent to Delphi many others of less account, among
the rest a number of round silver basins. Also he dedicated a female
figure in gold, three cubits high, which is said by the Delphians to
be the statue of his baking-woman; and further, he presented the
necklace and the girdles of his wife.
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