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THE ISTHMIAN GAMES NEAR CORINTH
BOOK I THE SHADOW OF THE PERSIAN
BOOK II THE COMING OF THE PERSIAN
THE ISTHMIAN GAMES NEAR CORINTH
A VICTOR OF SALAMIS
GLAUCON THE BEAUTIFUL
The crier paused for the fifth time. The crowd--knotty Spartans, keen Athenians, perfumed Sicilians--pressed his pulpit closer, elbowing for the place of vantage. Amid a lull in their clamour the crier recommenced.
"And now, men of Hellas, another time hearken. The sixth contestant in the pentathlon, most honourable of the games held at the Isthmus, is Glaucon, son of Conon the Athenian; his grandfather--" a jangling shout drowned him.
"The most beautiful man in Hellas!" "But an effeminate puppy!" "Of the noble house of Alcmaeon!" "The family's accursed!" "A great god helps him--even Eros." "Ay--the fool married for mere love. He needs help. His father disinherited him."
"Peace, peace," urged the crier; "I'll tell all about him, as I have of the others. Know then, my masters, that he loved, and won in marriage, Hermione, daughter of Hermippus of Eleusis. Now Hermippus is Conon's mortal enemy; therefore in great wrath Conon disinherited his son,--but now, consenting to forgive him if he wins the parsley crown in the pentathlon--"
"A safe promise," interrupted a Spartan in broadest Doric; "the pretty boy has no chance against Lycon, our Laconian giant."
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