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To Clisthenes, King of Sicyon, twins were born, Philinthes and Aristea. However, as he was warned by the oracle of Delphi of the danger of being killed by his own son, he had the former marooned and kept the latter. As she grew in age and beauty, Megacles, a noble and valiant young Athenian, several times victor in the Olympic games, fell in love with her. Unable to obtain her from her father, to whom the Athenian name was odious, he went in despair to Crete. There, attacked and almost killed by robbers, he was saved by Lycidas, believed to be the son of the island's king. Because of this, he formed a tender and indissoluble friendship with his liberator. | (Source: Italian Libretto, 1733, Vienna)<ref name="LibrettoItalianGoogle"/><ref name="FR"/>To Clisthenes, King of Sicyon, twins were born, Philinthes and Aristea. However, as he was warned by the oracle of Delphi of the danger of being killed by his own son, he had the former marooned and kept the latter. As she grew in age and beauty, Megacles, a noble and valiant young Athenian, several times victor in the Olympic games, fell in love with her. Unable to obtain her from her father, to whom the Athenian name was odious, he went in despair to Crete. There, attacked and almost killed by robbers, he was saved by Lycidas, believed to be the son of the island's king. Because of this, he formed a tender and indissoluble friendship with his liberator. | ||
Lycidas had long been in love with Argene, a Cretan noblewoman, and had secretly promised her marriage. But when his love was discovered, the king, determined not to allow this unequal marriage, persecuted the unfortunate Argene to such an extent that she was forced to abandon her homeland and flee, unknown, to the countryside of Elis, where she lived under the name of Licori and in the dress of a shepherdess, hidden from the resentment of her relatives and the violence of her sovereign. Lycidas was inconsolable because of the flight of his Argene; and after some time, to distract himself from his sadness, he decided to go to Elisand to be present at the solemnity of the Olympic games that, there with the concourse of all Greece, after every fourth year were repeated. | Lycidas had long been in love with Argene, a Cretan noblewoman, and had secretly promised her marriage. But when his love was discovered, the king, determined not to allow this unequal marriage, persecuted the unfortunate Argene to such an extent that she was forced to abandon her homeland and flee, unknown, to the countryside of Elis, where she lived under the name of Licori and in the dress of a shepherdess, hidden from the resentment of her relatives and the violence of her sovereign. Lycidas was inconsolable because of the flight of his Argene; and after some time, to distract himself from his sadness, he decided to go to Elisand to be present at the solemnity of the Olympic games that, there with the concourse of all Greece, after every fourth year were repeated. | ||