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A town in Elis, founded by the Minyae, its contingent at Plataea.
To the south of Pylus is Lepreum. This city, too, was situated
above the sea, at a distance of forty stadia; and between Lepreum and the Annius
is the temple of the Samian Poseidon, at a distance of one hundred stadia from
each. This is the temple at which the poet says Telemachus found the Pylians performing
the sacrifice: "And they came to Pylus, the well-built city of Neleus; and the
people were doing sacrifice on the seashore, slaying bulls that were black all
over, to the dark-haired Earth-shaker." Now it is indeed allowable for the poet
even to fabricate what is not true, but when practicable he should adapt his words
to what is true and preserve his narrative; but the more appropriate thing was
to abstain from what was not true. The Lepreatans held a fertile territory; and
that of the Cyparissians bordered on it. Both these districts were taken and held
by the Cauconians.
Immediately afterwards an Elean embassy arrived, and first making an alliance with Corinth went on from thence to Argos, according to their instructions, and became allies of the Argives, their country being just then at enmity with Lacedaemon and Lepreum.
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