cense; and it was mutually agreed that the undisturbed possession of the Peloponnesus should be ceded to whoever defeated his adversary. Echemus accepted the challenge for Atreus, and Hyllus was killed, and the Heraclidae a second time departed from Peloponnesus. Cleoaeus the son of Hyllus made a third attempt, and was equally unsuccessful; and his son Ariftomachus some time after met with the same unfavourable reception, and perished in the field of battle. Aristodemus, Temenus, and Chresphontes, the three sons of Ariftomachus, encouraged by the more expressive word of an oracle, and desirous to revenge the death of their progenitors, assembled a numerous force, and with a fleet invaded all Peloponnesus. Their expedition was attended with much success; and after some decisive battles, they became masters of all the peninsula. The recovery of the Peloponnesus by the descendants of Hercules forms an interesting epoch in ancient history, which is universally believed to have happened 80 years after the Trojan war, or 1190 years before the Christian era. This conquest was totally achieved about 120 years after the first attempt of Hyllus, who was killed about 20 years before the Trojan war. As it occasioned a world of changes and revolutions in the affairs of Greece, insomuch that scarce a state or people but were turned upside down thereby, the return of the Heraclidae is the epocha of the beginning of profane history: all the times that preceded it is reputed fabulous. Accordingly, Ephorus, Cumanus, Caliphenes, and Theopompus, only begin their histories from hence.