Histories

On the second day after they had all been arrayed according to their nations and their battalions, both armies offered sacrifice. It was Tisamenus who sacrificed for the Greeks, for he was with their army as a diviner; he was an Elean by birth, a Clytiad of the Iamid clan,[*](The Iamidae were a priestly family, the members of which were found in all parts of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas. The Clytiadae were also Elean priests, but quite separate from the Iamidae; so Stein is probably right in bracketing *klutia/dhn.) and the Lacedaemonians gave him the freedom of their city.

This they did, for when Tisamenus was inquiring of the oracle at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi concerning offspring, the priestess prophesied to him that he should win five great victories. Not understanding that oracle, he engaged in bodily exercise, thinking that he would then be able to win in similar sports. When he had trained himself for the Five Contests,[*](The five events of the Pentathlum were running, jumping, wrestling, and throwing of the spear and the discus.) he came within one wrestling bout of winning the Olympic prize, in a match with Hieronymus of +Andros [24.9,37.816] (inhabited place), Nisos Andros, Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Andros.