tance the Eleusinians had called in against the
Athenians, had been slain by the Athenians, an oracle demanded the
sacrifice of one of the daughters of Erechtheus, the King of Athens.
And when one was drawn by lot, the others voluntarily accompanied
her to death.

78 Menoeceus was son of Creon, and in the war of the Argives against
Thebes, Teresias declared that the Thebans should conquer if
Menoeceus would sacrifice himself for his country; and accordingly he
killed himself outside the gates of Thebes.

79 The Greek is,

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