EURIPIDES HAD NAMED
A TRAGEDY AFTER HIM…
AND MYTHS RECOUNT
THAT “TAMPERED” WERE
THE TICKETS OF THE LOTTERY
WITH WHICH CRESPHONTES WON
THE FERTILE LAND OF MESSINIA
AS A KINGDOM.
WITH MEROPE HE THEN HAD
THREE SONS, BUT TWO OF THEM
WERE MURDERED, AS HE WAS…
ONLY HIS THIRD, AEPYTUS, REMAINED
TO TAKE REVENGE AND GLORIFY
THE FAMILY’S POOR NAME.
IS SOWING WINDS AND REAPING STORMS REALLY WORTH MORE THAN SLEEPING SOUNDLY AT NIGHT?
For more inspiration: Visit the Archaeological Site of Ancient Thouria which at the time of Cresfontis (descent of the Dorians) was the largest city in Messinia.
