Histories

when the Delphians, obeying an oracle, issued many proclamations summoning anyone who wanted it to accept compensation for the killing of Aesop, no one accepted it except the son of Iadmon's son, another Iadmon; hence Aesop, too, was Iadmon's.

Rhodopis came to Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt to work, brought by Xanthes of Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos, but upon her arrival was freed for a lot of money by Kharaxus of Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus) Mytilene, son of Scamandronymus and brother of Sappho the poetess.

Thus Rhodopis lived as a free woman in Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, where, as she was very alluring, she acquired a lot of money—sufficient for such a Rhodopis, so to speak, but not for such a pyramid.

Seeing that to this day anyone who likes can calculate what one tenth of her worth was, she cannot be credited with great wealth. For Rhodopis desired to leave a memorial of herself in Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeGreece, by having something made which no one else had thought of or dedicated in a temple and presenting this at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi to preserve her memory;

so she spent one tenth of her substance on the manufacture of a great number of iron beef spits, as many as the tenth would pay for, and sent them to Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi; these lie in a heap to this day, behind the altar set up by the Chians and in front of the shrine itself.