CHAPTER VIII.

LACONIAN AND MESSENIAN GENEALOGIES.

Lelex—autochthonous in Lacônia.—Tyndareus and Lêda.—Offspring of Lêda.—1. Castôr, Timandra, Klytæmnêstra, 2. Pollux, Helen.—Castôr and Pollux.—Legend of the Attic Dekeleia.—Idas and Lynkeus.—Great functions and power of the Dioskuri.—Messênian genealogy.—Periêrês—Idas and Marpêssa. 168-173