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[4] He is still more clear when speaking about the bow of Iphitus:—“They met one another in Messene
in the dwelling of Ortilochus.
”Hom. Od. 21.15By the dwelling of Ortilochus he meant the city of Pherae in Messene, and explained this himself in the visit of Peisistratus to Menelaus:—“They came to Pherae to the house of Diocleus,
son of Ortilochus.
”Hom. Od. 3.488

Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.

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