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The third tripod has also an inscription in hexameters, which runs thus:
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King Laodamas gave this tripod to far-seeing Phoebus,
When he was set on the throne - a wondrous beautiful offering.
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It was in the reign of this Laodamas, the son of Eteocles, that the
Cadmeians were driven by the Argives out of their country, and found
a shelter with the Encheleans. The Gephyraeans at that time remained
in the country, but afterwards they retired before the Boeotians, and
took refuge at Athens, where they have a number of temples for their
separate use, which the other Athenians are not allowed to enter -
among the rest, one of Achaean Ceres, in whose honour they likewise
celebrate special orgies.
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