[Footnote 15: From Book III of the "History." Translated by George
Rawlinson. Periander was tyrant of Corinth, succeeding to power about
625 B.C. He is believed to have reigned forty years.]
[Footnote 16: A city on the coast of Argolis, one of the states of
southern Greece.]
[Footnote 17: Now known as Corfu, an island lying off the western
coast of Greece, adjacent to Epirus.]