Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

Ever since that battle, when the Athenians are conducting sacrifices at the festivals every fourth year,[*](e.g. the great Panathenaea, and the festival of Poseidon.) the Athenian herald prays for good things for the Athenians and Plataeans together.