Upon being invaded by Sparta, this city repeatedly pulled a clever trick by telling the Spartans that they were violating the truce of Carneia, thus forcing them to temporarily withdraw. According to Plutarch, a king of this city tried to lure a thousand youths from a neighboring city into a massacre; that ruler of this place defeated Sparta at the
Upon being invaded by Sparta, this city repeatedly pulled a clever trick by telling the Spartans that they were violating the truce of Carneia, thus forcing them to temporarily withdraw. According to Plutarch, a king of this city tried to lure a thousand youths from a neighboring city into a massacre; that ruler of this place defeated Sparta at the Battle of (*) Hysiae. Weights and measures found at the Heraion of this city are said to date to the reign of King Pheidon, who ruled this city as a tyrant. The organizer of the Seven Against Thebes, Adrastus, ruled over it, and it was the birthplace of a man whose mother was impregnated by a rain of golden light. For 10 points, name this city after which the Greeks of the Iliad are named, the hometown of Perseus.
Upon being invaded by Sparta, this city repeatedly pulled a clever trick by telling the Spartans that they were violating the truce of Carneia, thus forcing them to temporarily withdraw.
Argos