Description of Greece

​Oenomaus is pursuing Pelops, who has Hippodameia with him; each of them has two horses, but those of Pelops have also grown wings. Next to this, the house of Amphiaraus is depicted, and an old woman, whoever she may be, is carrying the infant Amphilochus; in front of the house stands Eriphyle holding the necklace, and beside her are her daughters Eurydice and Demonassa, and her son Alcmaeon as a naked child.

​Asius in his poems made Alcmene also to be a daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. Baton, who acts as charioteer to Amphiaraus, holds the reins of the horses and in his other hand a spear. As for Amphiaraus, one of his feet is already upon the chariot, and he has his sword drawn and is turned toward Eriphyle, carried away by anger, as if he could scarcely restrain himself from her.

​After the house of Amphiaraus is the games in honour of Pelias, and those who are watching the competitors. Hercules is depicted seated on a throne, and behind him is a woman; there is no inscription for this woman showing who she is, but she plays on Phrygian and not Greek flutes. Those driving the pairs of horses are Pisus the son of Perieres, and Asterion the son of Cometes, who is also said to have sailed on the Argo, and Polydeuces and Admetus, and besides them Euphemus, who according to the account of the poets was a son of Poseidon and had shared the voyage with Jason to Colchis; and this is the one who is victorious in the pair of horses.

​Those who have ventured to box are Admetus and Mopsus the son of Ampycus; in the middle of them a man stands playing the flute to accompany them, just as in our time they customary play the flute for the broad jump of the pentathletes. For Jason and Peleus, the task of wrestling is on equal terms. Eurybotas is also depicted throwing a discus, whoever this may be who has a reputation for the discus. Those who have entered the contest of the foot-race are Melanion, Neotheus, and Phalareus, the fourth is Argeus, and the fifth Iphiclus; to this winner Acastus holds out the crown; this (Iphiclus) would be the father of Protesilaus who went on the expedition to Ilium.

​There are also tripods placed there, prizes indeed for the victors, and there are the daughters of Pelias; but the name is written on Alcestis alone. Iolaus, who as a volunteer shared the labours with Hercules, has won the victory in the chariot of horses. From this point on, the games in honour of Pelias have ceased, and Athena stands beside Hercules who is shooting with a bow at the hydra, the beast in the river Amymone; since Hercules is not unrecognized because of both his labour and his appearance, his name is not written upon him. There is also Phineus the Thracian, and the sons of Boreas are pursuing the Harpies away from him.