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Eur. "Orest." 422; Philostr. "Her."
x. Cf. Strab. viii. 6. 2 (368); Leake, "Morea," ii. 358; Baedeker,
"Greece," 245.
[30] i.e. Odysseus and Diomed. (S. 11, I confess, strikes me as
somewhat in Xenophon's manner.) See "Mem." IV. ii. 33; "Apol." 26.
Menestheus,[31] through diligence and patient care, the outcome of the
chase, so far overshot all men in love of toil that even the chiefs of
Hellas must confess themselves inferior in the concerns of war save
Nestor only; and Nestor, it is said,[32] excelled not but alone might
rival him.
[31] For Menestheus, who led the Athenians against Troy, cf. Hom.
"Il." ii. 552; iv. 327; Philostr. "Her." ii. 16; Paus. ii. 25. 6; i. 17. 6; Plut.

"Thes." 32, 35.
[32] Or, "so runs the tale," e.g. in "The Catalogue." See "Il." ii. l.c.:
{Nestor oios erizen}, "Only Nestor rivalled him, for he was the elder
by birth" (W. Leaf).
Odysseus and Diomedes[33] were brilliant for many a single deed of
arms, and mainly to these two was due the taking of Troy town.[34]
[33] The two heroes are frequently coupled in Homer, e.g. "Il." v. 519;
x. 241, etc.
[34] Or, "were brilliant in single points, and broadly speaking were the
cause that Troy was taken." See Hygin. "Fab." 108; Virg. "Aen." ii.
163.
Castor and Polydeuces,[35] by reason of their glorious display of arts
obtained from Cheiron, and for the high honour and prestige therefrom
derived, are now immortal.
[35] Castor, Polydeuces, s. Pollux--the great twin brethren. See Grote,
"H. G." i. 232 foll.
Machaon and Podaleirius[36] were trained in this same lore, and
proved themselves adepts in works of skill, in argument and feats of
arms.[37]
[36] As to the two sons of Asclepius, Machaon and Podaleirius, the
leaders of the Achaeans, see "Il." ii. 728; Schol. ad Pind. "Pyth." iii. 14;
Paus. iii. 26; iv. 3; Strab. vi. 4 (284); Diod. iv. 71. 4; Grote, "H. G." i.
248.
[37] Or, "in crafts, in reasonings, and in deeds of war."
Antilochus,[38] in that he died for his father, obtained so great a glory
that, in the judgment of Hellas, to him alone belongs the title
"philopator," "who loved his father."[39]
[38] Antilochus, son of Nestor, slain by Memnon. "Od." iv. 186 foll.;
Pind. "Pyth." vi. 28; Philostr. "Her." iv.; "Icon." ii. 281.
[39] Lit. "to be alone proclaimed Philopator among the Hellenes." Cf.
Plat. "Laws," 730 D, "He shall be proclaimed the great and perfect
citizen, and bear away the palm of virtue"; and for the epithet see Eur.
"Or." 1605; "I. A." 68.
Aeneas[40] saved the ancestral gods--his father's and his mother's;[41]
yea, and his own father also, whereby he bore off a reputation for piety
so great that to him alone among all on whom they laid their
conquering hand in Troy even the enemy granted not to be despoiled.

[40] As to Aeneas see Poseidon's speech, "Il." xx. 293 foll.; Grote, "H.
G." i. 413, 427 foll.
[41] Cf. "Hell." II. iv. 21.
Achilles,[42] lastly, being nursed in this same training, bequeathed to
after-days memorials so fair, so ample, that to speak or hear concerning
him no man wearies.
[42] "The highest form that floated before Greek imagination was
Achilles," Hegel, "Lectures on the Philosophy of History" (Eng. tr. p.
233); and for a beautiful elaboration of that idea, J. A. Symonds,
"Greek Poets," 2nd series, ch. ii.
Such, by dint of that paintstaking care derived from Cheiron, these all
proved themselves; of whom all good men yet still to-day are lovers
and all base men envious. So much so that if throughout the length and
breadth of Hellas misfortunes at any time befell city or king, it was they
who loosed the knot of them;[43] or if all Hellas found herself
confronted with the hosts of the Barbarians in strife and battle, once
again it was these who nerved the arms of Hellenes to victory and
rendered Hellas unconquered and unconquerable.
[43] Reading {eluonto autous}, or if as L. D., {di autous}, transl.
"thanks to them, they were loosed."
For my part, then, my advice to the young is, do not despise hunting or
the other training of your boyhood, if you desire to grow up to be good
men, good not only in war but in all else of which the issue is
perfection in thought, word, and deed.

II
The first efforts of a youth emerging from boyhood should be directed
to the institution of the chase, after which he should come to the rest of
education, provided he have the means and with an eye to the same; if
his means be ample, in a style worthy of the profit to be derived; or, if
they be scant, let him at any rate contribute enthusiasm, in nothing