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The story told by AndronAndron of Ephesus (§119) is known to have written in the life-time (or at least before the death) of Theopompus, who is accused of having plagiarized from The Tripod: Eusebius, Praep. Ev. x. 3, 7. in his work on The Tripod is that the Argives offered a tripod as a prize of virtue to the wisest of the Greeks; Aristodemus of Sparta was adjudged the winner but retired in favour of Chilon.
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Aristodemus is mentioned by Alcaeus thusFr. 49 Bergk; cf. Schol. Pindar, Isthm. ii. 17.: Surely no witless word was this of the Spartan, I deem, Wealth is the worth of a man; and poverty void of esteem. Some relate that a vessel with its freight was sent by Periander to Thrasybulus, tyrant of Miletus, and that, when it was wrecked in Coan waters, the tripod was afterwards found by certain fishermen. However, Phanodicus declares it to have been found in Athenian waters and thence brought to Athens. An assembly was held and it was sent to Bias;
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for what reason shall be explained in the life of Bias.
